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When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.


Bayard Rustin

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JAMES LOGAN We believe in the dignity of man as an individual, whatever his race, colour or creed, and his right...
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ROBERT CASEY Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dyin...
ROBERT MAYNARD Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dyi...
ROBERT MAYNARD For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.
OLOF PALME If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. Theyll have enough to eat, a bed and ...
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by ...
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek...
STEVEN BIKO By a lie, a man...annihilates his dignity as a man.
IMMANUEL KANT It is a reminder of our nation's commitment to human dignity. They have symbolic value and they stan...
DOUGLAS LINDER What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also ...
BALTASAR GRACIAN When we deny the poor and the vulnerable their own human dignity and capacity for freedom and choice...
JACQUELINE NOVOGRATZ Poverty won't allow him to lift up his head; dignity won't allow him to bow it down.
MADAGASY PROVERB Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only ...
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM Humour is meant, in a literal sense, to make game of man; that is, to dethrone him from his official...
G.K. CHESTERTON Let us declare the right to water, without ambiguity, as an essential element of human dignity.
LOIC FAUCHON Human dignity is based upon freedom, and freedom upon human dignity. The one presupposes the other.
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MINORU YAMASAKI We can't understand what we've accomplished on civil rights without telling the story of Bay...
THOMAS E. PEREZ To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not...
BRUNO DUMONT It was very exciting for her, taking his dignity away in the name of love.
KURT VONNEGUT Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that w...
THOMAS S. MONSON Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty i...
BLAISE PASCAL Dignity means that an individual feels self-respect and self-worth.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation.
JAMES ATLAS A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to...
F.A. HAYEK Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.
GEORGE SANTAYANA The dignity if a man is in his ability to invest in humanity.
OJO GBOYEGA PAUL On Lee as commander: "He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to c...
SHELBY FOOTE When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.
ANGELA MERKEL Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independenc...
AYN RAND By a lie a man throws away and, as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man
IMMANUEL KANT The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation...
MINORU YAMASAKI Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
ROMAN GARY Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
ROMAIN GARY Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
ROMAIN GARY Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
ROMAIN GARY The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.
NORMAN COUSINS The true measure of a man is his dignity in defeat and humility in victory
DONALD A KITSON Humore is an affirmation of man's dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls hi...
ROMAIN CARY Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man’s superiority to all that befalls him.
ROMAIN GARY The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual
EDWARD BELLAMY Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.
RODRIGO DUTERTE In a war, the first casualty is human dignity.
PAULO COELHO He taught us with his actions as well as his words -- he taught the power of nonviolence for human d...
WALT BLOMBERG He main retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp. Dostoevsky said once, 'There is only ...
VIKTOR E. FRANKL Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
ROMAIN GARY the passage on dignity is an addendum to the formula of autonomy: ‘act only so that the will could...
OLIVER SENSEN The press is coming up against something that is very fragile, and that is personal and individual s...
CAROLINE SCHLOSSBERG The press is coming up against something that is very fragile, and that is personal and individual s...
CAROLINE KENNEDY SCHLOSSBERG Most of the time, perhaps 99 percent of the time, the defendant is guilty; his screams are the final...
ELIZABETH F. LOFTUS The Torah is the foundational text for Jewish law, but the Haggadah is our book of living memory. We...
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER May your outer dignity mirror an inner dignity of your soul.
CECELIA AHERN A person’s attitude creates the tone of his or her life. The highest expression of human dignity i...
KILROY J. OLDSTER Dignity is quality of being wothy of honour or respect with ability to stand strong without compromi...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Ralph Buckland was quite an individual -- he was a lawyer, Civil War General, politician, businessma...
FRANK EACHUS The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the ...
EMMA GOLDMAN The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the ...
EMMA GOLDMAN There ain't anything worth doing a man can do and keep his dignity. Can you figure out a single thin...
ROBERT PENN WARREN Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.
JOHN CHARLES POLANYI Loghain shook his head in disbelief. "Maker's breath, man, aren't you suppose to have some dignity? ...
DAVID GAIDER The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
JACKIE ROBINSON Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfil...
ROLLO MAY [His dignity restored, Holmes walked over to Tyson.] ---- you, ... You are a great champion.
LARRY HOLMES Reusing something instead of immediately discarding it, when done for the right reasons, can be an a...
YVON CHOUINARD Today, Rustin is overshadowed by memories of Dr. King and his [I Have a Dream] speech.
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH We can never, never abandon Jerusalem because the dignity of Jerusalem is the same as the dignity of...
PRINCE ABDULLAH Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfil...
ROLLO MAY It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a ...
SIMONE WEIL I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not wha...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not wha...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all of its meaninglessness
MARTIN ESSLIN If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the history books ar...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Sunset was just then settling over Red Square. There seemed some hidden vision to be gleaned. A mess...
SANA KRASIKOV People say that human rights is a Western construct foisted on others. But that's not true. Equa...
CHERIE BLAIR The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all o its meaninglessness.
MARTIN ESSLIN In my view, you stepped on his rights as an American citizen and as a human being.
BOB KEELEY Then he was sorry for the great fish... How many people will he feed?.. But are they worthy to eat h...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY We have lost an eloquent voice for human rights and human dignity and a champion for the least among...
GEORGE W. BUSH A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.
RICHARD STEELE SR. Despite his best efforts, maintaining dignity in a head attached to an unclean body wrapped in uncle...
DAN GROAT Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even...
LAURA HILLENBRAND We don't want to send out fliers with a photo of a poor kid with a tear running down his face. These...
JOHN WOOD Promoting tolerance and human dignity is one of mankind's unfinished challenges.
EHUD OLMERT He is my son. But if a son does not care about the dignity of his family, God can take him. You cann...
ABDUL MANAN My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignit...
FERDINAND MARCOS One of the keys to it is treating everybody with dignity and respect - he treated all of his employe...
BOB REED Kant’s conception of dignity is indebted to Cicero and the Roman conception of dignitas, according...
OLIVER SENSEN I think it's more optimistic about human nature to acknowledge that people are the products of t...
ELEANOR CATTON Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
HERBERT HOOVER Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
HERBERT CLARK HOOVER [Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher praised the pontiff's role in toppling communism.] ...
MARGARET THATCHER Jesus was happy when people acknowledged his dignity and saddened when they did not, but he never so...
MOTHER ANGELICA The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his ...
GEORGE SANTAYANA The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his ...
GEORGE SANTAYANA They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
HERMAN MELVILLE The highest compliment ever paid to the entire human body, and the clearest commentary on its decenc...
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