I think that our concept of human rights is preserved in Poland, as I've said, much better than (some) other European nations with which I'm familiar.

A just society is one where every individual is treated with dignity and respect.

Every person has the right to live in a society that values their contributions and respects their dignity.

I call upon the people of the United States of America to observe the week beginning December 10, 1971, as Human Rights Week.

Our Ambassadors throughout the world have used our diplomatic resources fully to help convince the other side to treat our men humanely and to release them soon.

There should be no question about the exercise of these fundamental rights.

I want--more than any human being in all the world--to see the killing stopped.

In the United States, we have made more progress in human rights in the past 6 years than we have made in all of the previous 100 years.

Our duty, our opportunity, is to fulfill the rights of all men all over our land, not only because we shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach abroad, but because it is right.

We must care about the rights of our fellow man as much as we care about the rights of our own.

The majority says 'yes' to equal rights for all, equal hopes for all, equal happiness for all.

May the day come in our lifetime when the people of this great and ancient race are freed from the evils of dictatorship, and resume their rightful place as a part of the world of free men.

I urge in the name of humanity and in the cause of peace that the Soviet Union take action to withdraw Soviet forces from Hungary immediately and to permit the Hungarian people to enjoy and exercise the human rights and fundamental freedoms affirmed for all peoples in the United Nations Charter.

We believe that all men have the same rights, and that these rights must be respected.

We must not use bayonets to force these prisoners to return to slavery and almost certain death at the hands of the communists.

They said that all men were created equal.

We believe in the dignity and the rights of each individual.

At the present time, when the world is still disturbed by fear and conflicting ideologies, it is gratifying to know that Brazil and the United States are exerting their constructive efforts in the common resolve to strengthen democracy and assure world peace under conditions in which freedom and human rights will flourish.