Awad El-Morr Quotes

The rights of the lowliest criminal are not his alone. They belong to us all.

Human rights only have meaning if they are universal.

The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

There should be a single standard in the world for human rights.

It does not matter what country we live in, who our leaders are, or even who we are. Because we are human, we therefore have rights. And because we have rights, governments are bound to protect them.

We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty.

For what people have always sought is equality before the law. For rights that were not open to all alike would be no rights.

As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.

The great difficulty with Guantanamo is it was perceived correctly as being a place where people were not being detained subject to rules. I don't think the world thinks that you can't detain suspected terrorists - the world thinks you can do that, but you have to do it pursuant to rules and to clear charges.

My hope is that the 21st century will be the first century where there will be no violation of human rights, and to that end, Japan would like to do our outmost.

We opposed unlimited detention without trial. We stood up for trial by jury as well. And of course we spoke up for asylum seekers and for the most vulnerable in our society.

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

… the international Magna Carta of all mankind

I call on all governments to join with the United States and the community of law-abiding nations in prohibiting, investigating, and prosecuting all acts of torture … and we are leading this fight by example.

Human rights and due process of law transcend all boundaries.

Law enforcement, however, in defeating the criminal, must maintain inviolate the historic liberties of the individual.

if any government does not acknowledge the rights of the human person or violates them, it not only fails in its duty, but its orders completely lack juridical force

The promotion and preservation of human rights can and should be the driving force for world affairs.

The lesson of history that all human rights are indivisible and that the failure to adhere to this principle jeopardizes the rights of all.

… due process of law is not for the sole benefit of an accused. It is the best insurance for the Government itself against those blunders which leave lasting stains on a system of justice but which are bound to occur on ex parte consideration

It is better, so the Fourth Amendment teaches us, that the guilty sometimes go free than the citizens be subject to easy arrest.

God forbid that the defendant should not be allowed the benefit of every advantage he is entitled to by law.

Conservatives believe in providing Constitutional rights to our citizens, not to enemy combatants like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

We, as Turkey, call on Europe to respect human rights and democracy.

America didn't invent human rights. Those rights are common to all people: nations, cultures, and religions cannot choose to simply opt out of them.