“States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.” – Noam Chomsky …

It was never the people who complained of the universality of human rights, nor did the people consider human rights as a Western or Northern imposition. It was often their leaders who did so. – Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General …

“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.” -– psychologist Rollo May. …

“No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.” -– Franklin D. Roosevelt …

“If liberty and equality are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.” — Aristotle
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“Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.” — Jesse Jackson …

“Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.” -– Cesar Chavez …

“The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
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“Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world.” — Dalai Lama …

“The gap in our economy is between what we have and what we think we ought to have – and that is a moral problem, not an economic one.” – Paul Heyne …