"Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government.
They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.
The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent,
on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign...
You must weep that your own government, at present, seems blind to this truth."
- Mother Teresa
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted on 10 December 1948. The date has since served to mark Human Rights Day worldwide. The High Commissioner for Human Rights, as the main UN rights official, and her Office play a major role in coordinating efforts for the yearly observance of Human Rights Day.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta at a pro-life meeting in 1986 in Bonn, Germany
"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty."
President Ronald Reagan presents Mother Teresa with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
at a White House ceremony, 1985
"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around.
Human rights invented America." - Jimmy Carter
Source: Un.org, indianmirror.com, brainyquote.com, Wikipedia
Photo credit: indianmirror.com, Wikipedia
No comments:
Post a Comment