Mary Robinson Quotes (31 Quotes)

The fifth province is not anywhere here or there, north or south, east or west. It is a place within each of us. It is that place that is open to the other, that swinging door which allows us to venture out and others to venture in.

I am very clear that it's a human rights situation and it will be important for me to appraise this perspective, the extent of the human rights situation, extra-judicial killings, torture, etcetera,

We are deeply concerned about those who have been required to return from the borders back into Kosovo and about whom we cannot find first-hand information, ... That was a cause of really grave concern.

must not abandon its core standards and values, even in the face of the serious security threat to its own civilian population.

This is a new beginning, a great beginning for women in Afghanistan, a time of hope,

I am very shocked, as are all my colleagues ... how much the people have suffering, and how much they will go on suffering.

Bounding billows, cease your motion, Bear me not so swiftly o'er.

I want the students to understand how much of a savings they are getting with the rental program. Anyone who's gone into a campus bookstore and priced a book has a greater appreciation for this service. They have books that can cost 140 and 180 each.

Young persons, because of their immaturity, may not fully comprehend the consequences of their actions and should therefore benefit from less severe sanctions than adults. More importantly, it reflects the firm belief that young persons are more susceptible to change, and thus have a greater potential for rehabilitation than adults.

We will not let governments off the hook, ... We will look to civil society to help us, to pin governments, to what they have committed to here. And we will report on it.

The most important thing is to bring perpetrators to justice. That can either be done by courts in Indonesia or in East Timor. Or if it is necessary it can be done by an international tribunal,

I love it here. I love it.

Count up the results of 50 years of human rights mechanisms, 30 years of multibillion-dollar development programs and endless high-level rhetoric, and the global impact is quite underwhelming, ... This is a failure of implementation on a scale which shames us all.

The aim of human rights, if I may borrow a term from engineering, is to move beyond the design and drawing-board phase, to move beyond thinking and talking about the foundations stones - to laying those foundation stones, inch by inch, together.

The information that I've been given is that there is a serious situation of imprisonment, detention and torture.

I think the main perpetrators are substantially known, and indeed known to Jakarta ... at every meeting I have attended the issue of justice has come up,

building reconciliation between ethnic groups, issues of human rights, more tolerance and commitment to democratic human rights values.

It came very close to two of our colleagues, ... so we got into our cars, drove a little bit further, and rang the Israeli Defense Forces and they came and escorted us out.

It's only when you have a critical mass of women in politics that you get women's issues attacked.

A culture is not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving process. The aim is to push beyond standard-setting and asserting human rights to make those standards a living reality for people everywhere.

Whenever force is used, the principle of proportionality has to be applied, and all necessary measures have to be taken to avoid loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian property.

It is necessary to ensure that the requirement to combat terrorism is not used to clamp down on freedom of expression, legitimate dissent, freedom of association and so on.

I was shocked and appalled by the harrowing accounts of the Chechen civilians, ... I listened to testimony of summary executions, intimidation, looting by military personnel, disproportionate use of force, attacks on civilians' convoys, rape and other violations.

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.

It's all the more necessary that China embraces the kind of political reform and opening up of society which will also be better for human rights and prepare China to ratify the covenant on civil and political rights,

Pavement slippery, people sneezing,Lords in ermine, beggars freezingTitled gluttons dainties carving,Genius in a garret starving.

I've always recognized as high commissioner the importance of standing up to bullies, addressing short-comings and being outspoken, an awkward voice.

Students won't have to worry about standing in line for computers. It will be very convenient for them to get things accomplished.

Our motivation is our love for all babies.

The concept of using forced labor as a punishment is against the accepted international human rights principles embodied in many international instruments,

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.