Quotes About Dignity

It's not only inhumane to treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens. It's deeply un-American.

You know obviously my stand on racism is that it's unacceptable and that we should always stand up to it.

To publicly shame and attack someone who's been found to be harassed, to intimidate someone who's found to already have been harassed is unacceptable.

We have to take better care of each other and respect each other. Equality must be a priority. Anything less is unacceptable.

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.

I was in chains all the time, 24 hours a day, for three years. I tried to wear those chains with dignity, even if I felt that it was unbearable.

Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.

For me to bully anybody, that sounds unbelievable.

There really is only one difference between the two. Mr. Trump promises to support religious liberty and the dignity of the unborn. Mrs. Clinton promises she will not.

If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead, they should tell Americans that they believe in the dignity and value of every human being, from the defenseless unborn child, to the newborn with a disability, to the 90-year-old dealing with dementia.

I believe that everyone can appreciate the right of a family to grieve the loss of a loved one in peace, regardless of anyone's position on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A really great people, proud and high spirited, would face all the disasters of war rather than purchase that base prosperity which is bought at the price of national honor.

We need not risk our national honor to prevail in this or any war.

An inglorious peace is better than a dishonorable war.

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.

It is the object only of war that makes it honorable.

Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to do for one's self.

For I can raise no money by vile means. By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas

In a war, the first casualty is human dignity.

You shall not hear their mirth:You shall not come to think them well contentBy any jest of mine. These men are worthYour tears:You are not worth their merriment.

Every human life has infinite value and to destroy even one is a crime against all humanity.

My God, what have they done to you? This isn't a man, it's a broken kite.

She would grace his home with her charm and beauty and she would make his bed joyous, all without ever having to shame his hearth with another man's memory of her shamelessness.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.