Quotes About Humanity

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity.

Photography is a universal language, transcending the boundaries of race, politics, and nationality.

A political convention is just not a place where you come away with any trace of faith in human nature.

If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.

The death of one is a tragedy, but death of a million is just a statistic.

Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake.

Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.

The so-called Real World. Human misery and sadness. Blind politics and general cruelty.

Politics is largely a matter of heart.

Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don't know? Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?

The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I think it's a good rule for politics, too.

Politics are about preserving relationships at the end of the day, and it has nothing to do with the greater good for humanity. It's just all about business.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.

Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.

Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.

Politics is not left, right or center ... It's about improving people's lives.