People who work hard are motivated by desires to excel, earn money, or gain praise. Human rights include inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as well as freedom of speech, religion, and the press. In the United States, these and other human rights are protected in the Bill of Rights. All countries do not honor human rights, however. When threatened by public unrest, some governments punish or murder anyone who expresses opposing viewpoints, or threatens the existing system.
Dictators usually suppress human rights.
Gross abuses occurred in Nazi Germany when Adolf Hitler ordered the mass extermination of millions including the disabled, homosexuals, and Jews. In 1975, thirty-five countries met in Helsinki and pledged to honor human rights. This is known as the Helsinki Agreement. Humans have transformed the environment and adjusted to it, creating many different places on Earth. Humans affect the environment and the environment affects humans.