It is up to us to push for a transformation in political…

“China has undergone an enormous transformation. But because the political system remains unchanged, the great changes in the economic and social sphere have resulted…

— Yang Jisheng

There is something deeply wrong with a political culture which only wants to talk about incarceration in the aftermath of a tragedy.

— Ash Sarkar

“We can talk about human dignity, but where is it?”

— Michael Novak

Nothing is more destructive of human dignity than a rule which imposes a mute and blind obedience.

— Anthony Eden

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for those inalienable…

— Ronald Reagan

Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice.

— Anonymous

Human dignity should be without borders.

— Geena Rocero

Torture anywhere is an affront to human dignity everywhere... I call on all governments to join with the United States and the community of…

— George W. Bush

If our free society is to endure, those who govern must recognize human dignity and accept the enforcement of constitutional limitations on their power…

— William J. Brennan

I've come to understand and to believe that each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done. I believe that for…

— Bryan Stevenson

Contrary to what certain governments say, human rights are universal. Arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination hurt the human dignity of anybody, whatever his or…

— Shirin Ebadi

In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At…

— Kofi Annan

“In this confusion we begin to see what lies behind John Paul II's startling warning about democracy "effectively mov[ing] towards a form of totalitarianism."…

— George Cardinal Pell

I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.…

— Stanley Milgram

One achieves true human dignity only when one serves. Only he is great who subjects himself to taking part in the achievement of a…

— Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera