If the Chinese business community takes the Declaration of Human Rights, core labor standards, and environmental standards seriously, the government of China will take them far more seriously, too.

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.

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none.

I knew in that moment that things would be forever different- that today was gong to be the day that split my life into before and after.

Don't be a creation of circumstances, create your dreams, take full control of your destiny.

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

...wanting things for the wrong reasons can turn anyone's life into a marshmallow on a stick over a hot fire: impossibly messy and eventually consumed, one way or another.

The resting place of the mind is the heart.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

I'm desperate to start a career in music.

True individuality can be lonely.

To have a son in wartime is the worst curse that can befall a mother, no matter what anyone says.