Mary Robinson Quotes About Today

Quotes about: Today

• Today's human rights violations are the causes of tomorrow's conflicts.

  Mary Robinson

  War, Rights, Today

  Mary Robinson (2010). “A Voice for Human Rights”, p.9, University of Pennsylvania Press

• When I am asked, "What, in your view, is the worst human rights problem in the world today?" I reply: "Absolute poverty." This is not the answer most journalists expect. It is neither sexy nor legalistic. But it is true.

  Mary Robinson

  Sexy, Rights, Views

  Source: www.opendemocracy.net

• Many people today in the developed countries are so far removed from poverty and suffering and starvation that they lack empathy for the sufferings of others.

  Mary Robinson

  Country, Suffering Of Others, People

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

• Many people think that we have no shared value system in the world today but we actually do.

  Mary Robinson

  Thinking, People, World

  Source: www.who.int

• In general, I don't think that economic, social and cultural rights are primarily a matter of going to court. They are most useful today as commitments which can help ensure effective and equitable policy-making at every level.

  Mary Robinson

  Commitment, Thinking, Rights

  Source: www.opendemocracy.net

• I don't think we in Ireland have to follow slavishly what other countries have done. Ireland has its own strengths - in family life, in the local community, in the concept of meitheal, a very traditional form of cooperation in rural Ireland. Three or four or five neighbors get together, exchanging labor, farm equipment, and so on. There are strong solidarity overtones. That tradition is being translated today into community self-development.

  Mary Robinson

  Country, Strong, Thinking

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

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