Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator who was a threat to his own people and the world, and it was the right thing to do.

he continues to advocate for a free Cuba in which the rights of all people are respected.

Torture is not a part of the answer - it is a fundamental part of the problem with this administration's approach.

It's time to tell the world that America rejects torture without exception or equivocation.

Torture is how you set back America's standing in the world, not how you strengthen it.

This sad episode reminds us that the United States must stand as a principled voice around the world on behalf of justice for heroes like Haleh Esfandiari who are detained without cause.

I believe that the measure of any society is how it treats its most vulnerable members.

True security in the Middle East can only come from the transformation of the region's politics and the emergence of governments that respect basic human rights.

With courage and conscience, we will meet our responsibilities to protect the lives and rights of others.

Sixty years ago, the United Nations was created to spread hope and liberty, fight poverty and disease, and help secure human rights and human dignity for people everywhere.

We cannot turn a blind eye to oppression just because the oppression is not in our own backyard.

I am so pleased to be going to a country which says that people are allowed to express their mind.

Freedom is a universal value, that all people across the world seek freedom.

Freedom is the Almighty's gift to everybody who lives in the world.

It's a world that is more free and therefore more peaceful; a world based upon human rights, human dignity, and justice.

I believe every person has the ability and the right to be free.

Religious freedom is not a right we enjoy solely by virtue of being Americans; it is a fundamental human right that should be honored in every Nation around the globe.

Women’s rights are human rights.