Freedom from discrimination for women, ensuring that female children can learn to read, these are human needs for half the human race, not western values.

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.

Remember babe, hurting people hurt people. And that doesn't make it right, and it won't ever make it okay. I just don't want to see you with a hurting someone that hurts people every single day.

Never mind what I say. I am always saying what I shouldn't say. In fact, I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood.

Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas—only I don’t exactly know what they are!

The farmer works the soil The agriculturist works the farmer.

My kids think you are always supposed to be in a small group and lead one.

When you paint late at night, drinking beer or wine or both, you gotta be very careful to watch what you are doing.

I love summertime more than anything else in the world. That is the only thing that gets me through the winter, knowing that summer is going to be there.

What does he stand for?

I think - there's always going to be a percentage of people who maybe aren't as good as others.

Too many people are going for self and not trying to help their communities.