Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it. — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
For the people of Israel and America are historic partners in the global quest for human dignity and freedom. We will always… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We have a moral obligation to meet this challenge head-on. Human trafficking is an assault on our most dearly held values of… — John Kerry US Secretary Of State Copy Share Image
Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to… — Trent Lott Copy Share Image
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
“I haven’t met many men who wouldn’t take advantage of a woman they shared a cage with.” Senlin waved the point away,… — Josiah Bancroft Copy Share Image
“"revolutionary suicide does not mean that i and my comrades have a death wish; it means just the opposite. we have such… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of… — Dominique de Menil Copy Share Image
“The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being,… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
Since being in India, I am more convinced than ever before that the method of nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“No doubt Western modernity has its limitations and discontents. Still, it is far better than the known alternatives—not only, or even primarily,… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
“It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish. Or in the bitter fight for self-preservation he may forget his human dignity and become… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
People in places many of us never heard of, whose names we can't pronounce or even spell, are speaking up for themselves.… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Peace is no mere matter of men fighting or not fighting. Peace, to have meaning for many who have known only suffering… — Ralph Bunche Copy Share Image
Whoever has experienced the power and the unrestrained ability to humiliate another human being automatically loses his own sensations. Tyranny is a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was watching the TV broadcasts interviewing people stranded at airports for days on end, losing their holidays, their important business meetings… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
“Jehovah, who of all the good gods adored by men was certainly the most jealous, the most vain, the most ferocious, the… — Bakunin Mikhail Copy Share Image
Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Human beings are the only ones in nature who are aware that they will die. For that reason and only for that… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“It can be accepted that there is a price for man's work, time spent or service done, but never for human dignity.” — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
..the United States is subject to the scrutiny of a candid world ... what the United States does, for good or for… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Dostoevky's lack of taste, his monotonous dealings with persons suffering with pre-Freudian complexes, the way he has of wallowing in the tragic… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
His Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office. The United Nations and the Holy See share a strong commitment… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
For us, democracy is a question of human dignity. This includes the political liberties, the right to freely express our views, the… — Olof Palme Copy Share Image
I want to focus on the importance of supporting marriage. I always speak about the need to respect everyone's human dignity -… — Salvatore J. Cordileone Copy Share Image
“He main retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp. Dostoevsky said once, 'There is only one thing that I dread:… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Last year, [Pope Francis] was asked about his secret to happiness. He said slow down. Take time off. Live and let live.… — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
We need to realize that poverty doesn't only consist of being hungry for bread, but rather it is a tremendous hunger for… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I absolutely believe that America has a responsibility, and the privilege of helping defend freedom and promote the principles that make the… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“The biggest weapon of billions of people against the difficulties of life is 'the desperation solutions' that sadden humanity instead of 'real… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Human rights, human freedoms... and human dignity have their deepest roots somewhere outside the perceptible world... while the state is a human… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in which our… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
...democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
What people regard as vanityleaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image