There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.Denis Diderot
For me, human rights simply endorse a view of life and a set of moral values that are perfectly clear to an eight-year-old child. A child knows what is fair and isn't fair, and justice derives from that knowledge.Tom Stoppard
A 'human right' is, by definition, timeless. It cannot adhere to some societies and not others, at some times and not at other times.Tom Stoppard
It is easily and often overlooked that when Thomas Jefferson asserted that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable human rights, he did so on the ground that they had been endowed by God, our Creator.Tom Stoppard
That I have the right to express myself freely at all times in all circumstances entails the idea that free speech is a 'basic human right' possessed by each individual, and, as such, trumps the interests of the society or group, including my neighbour.Tom Stoppard
The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not want to worry too much about semantics.Tom Stoppard
The idea that being human and having rights are equivalent - that rights are inherent - is unintelligible in a Darwinian world.Tom Stoppard
Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.Dwight D. Eisenhower
