Author: Asma Jahangir

Quotes

Crime takes place in every country. But it becomes abuse when the state is unwilling and unable to protect the life and honour of its citizens.

Crime takes place in every country. But it becomes abuse when the state is unwilling and unable to protect the life and honour of its citizens.

- Asma Jahangir

I cannot bear to live where there is so much injustice and I cannot do something about it. What kind of a torturous life is that?

I cannot bear to live where there is so much injustice and I cannot do something about it. What kind of a torturous life is that?

- Asma Jahangir

Terrorism does not disappear with revenge tactics but through making justice and equality before law a reality.

Terrorism does not disappear with revenge tactics but through making justice and equality before law a reality.

- Asma Jahangir

Women's rights was thought of as a Western concept. Now people do talk about women's rights - political parties talk about it, even religious parties talk about it.

Women's rights was thought of as a Western concept. Now people do talk about women's rights - political parties talk about it, even religious parties talk about it.

- Asma Jahangir

The state has not only the obligation to stay neutral in matters of religion but also to ensure that freedom of thought and conscience of all individuals is protected.

The state has not only the obligation to stay neutral in matters of religion but also to ensure that freedom of thought and conscience of all individuals is protected.

- Asma Jahangir

I don't need a certificate of my patriotism from those in the establishment.

I don't need a certificate of my patriotism from those in the establishment.

- Asma Jahangir

There was a time that human rights was not even an issue in this country. Then prisoners' rights became an issue.

There was a time that human rights was not even an issue in this country. Then prisoners' rights became an issue.

- Asma Jahangir

Even when we talked about child labor, we were frowned upon. But then you know that you have to speak the truth irrespective of the repercussions.

Even when we talked about child labor, we were frowned upon. But then you know that you have to speak the truth irrespective of the repercussions.

- Asma Jahangir

I had been very impressed with the courts we visited to see my father. The judges wearing wigs, the lawyers, the legal arguments - it was all exciting stuff for a kid.

I had been very impressed with the courts we visited to see my father. The judges wearing wigs, the lawyers, the legal arguments - it was all exciting stuff for a kid.

- Asma Jahangir

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