Looking for inspiration? Our list of 10 motivating quotes features historic figures, Fund staff, and grassroots activists on bringing social justice, dignity, and equality to all people.
These quotes reflect the voices of people striving for a better world and our own approach to investing in the world’s most effective grassroots activists and groups on tackling critical human rights challenges.
Eleanor Roosevelt examines The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Denia (right) meets with community members protesting land grabs.
Human rights mean the right to good health, a dignified life, and respect for the will of everyday people.
– Denia Castillo, land rights activist with MASSVIDA, Honduras
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at a press conference held at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC in April of 1960.
A right delayed is a right denied.
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The achievement of social and economic rights cannot be separated from the protection of civil and political rights and liberties.
The achievement of social and economic rights cannot be separated from the protection of civil and political rights and liberties.
Local activists are changing the power dynamics in their communities—that’s what creates change over time.
Human rights mean no one sleeps hungry.
