Quotes About Dignity

Actually the vast majority of Negroes and members of foreign-language groups have rejected communism for what it is: a heartless, totalitarian way of life which completely disregards the dignity of man.

We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

When Paul says that we should see people through the eyes of Christ, he means for us to have a gospel view of people. So we see people as beautiful, valuable creatures made in the image of God. Each and every one of us carries God's mark. That is why Christians believe all people have dignity, worth, and value.

There is not a man in the world who is worth your dignity. Do not confuse self-sacrifice with love.

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy from lack of character.

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of of others.

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

But the fact that so much of the #MeToo movement is social rather than legal creates a problem: how to secure justice and protect equal dignity when punishment is meted out not by impartial legal institutions but by shaming and stigmatization.

Lock her up"—as a prong of Make America Great Again—became a promise to weaponize the machinery of law to silence, threaten, and isolate women. In the end it didn't even matter whom the pronoun "her" referenced. For crowds who embraced it, it was a generalized promise that after centuries of women's diligent efforts at bending and shaping and coaxing the law into affording them equal protection and dignity, their gender itself could become a crime.

To be a queen, you have to be more than a little girl with a crown.

To be a queen, you have to be more than a little girl with a crown." – Lady Flora Hastings

All human beings, whatever their cultural or historical background, suffer when they are intimidated, imprisoned or tortured.

Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself. Other institutions must largely be made for him by strangers, whether the institutions be despotic or democratic. There is no other way of organizing mankind which can give this power and dignity, not only to mankind but to men.

But whose idea of decency? And decency for who? Speak up and tell us what decency is. Tell us how much better a decent dead man feels than an indecent live one.

The jail clothes are designed to strip you of any identity and reduce you to a number. You don't even feel like a human being when you're wearing them. You have no dignity.

all living creatures are entitled to respect in their own right, not simply because of the utility they may possess for other humans.

It doesn't matter what you do. In the end, you are going to be judged, and all the times that you're not at your most dignified are the ones that will be recalled in all their vivid, heartbreaking detail. And then of course these things will be distorted and exaggerated and replayed over and over, until eventually they turn into the essence of you: your cartoon.

life. I believe that every person deserves to feel someone acknowledge their presence, no matter how humble they may be or even how important.

In the beginning, there were farmers and animal husbanders. Life was hard, brutal, and short. Taxes and other requirements imposed by chiefs, landlords, or the state were onerous. Many people were serfs or slaves, devoid of autonomy and dignity. Poverty and injustice were the norm, save for the lucky few.

Find your self-respect now. Don't dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It's so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard.

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.