All countries are particular and no models are perfect.

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom.

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.

If we took away barriers to women's leadership, we would solve the climate change problem a lot faster

Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation.

Feel empowered. And if you start to do it, if you start to feel your voice heard, you will never go back.

Today's human rights violations are the causes of tomorrow's conflicts.

To make progress we have to build a multi-stakeholder process, harnessing the appropriate energies.

Climate change is the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century.

The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments.

An endless war against terrorism can tend to inflate the terrorists, because being at war is attractive to some angry, unemployed, disaffected youth.

there are three kinds of people in the world: those who don't know and don't know they don't know

There are timesWhen you may think that people are staring at you -They are.

Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.

Synergism is the simultaneous actions of separate entities which together have greater total effect than the sum of their individual effects.

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'

The average person just sees through their senses. The world is filled with wonderful mysteries and beauty. You need personal power to open up all of that, without it - these are just words.

I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey.

And then one day when you're playing your little game you'll suddenly find yourself pinned down like a butterfly.

The only option is politeness-remember always that you are dealing with other primates.

It's painful to watch your parents not be in control of things.