Author: Asma Jahangir

Quotes

Good or bad people can be democratically elected, but it is always easy to fight for human rights under this system.

Good or bad people can be democratically elected, but it is always easy to fight for human rights under this system.

- 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

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

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

I am certainly not a martyr kind of a person. I love my life. But if one has to, then there is nothing more nobler a cause that I can think of.

I am certainly not a martyr kind of a person. I love my life. But if one has to, then there is nothing more nobler a cause that I can think of.

- Asma Jahangir

While speaking in the NA, one must maintain respect.

While speaking in the NA, one must maintain respect.

- Asma Jahangir

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 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

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