Dignity Quotes

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I believe that one of the most dignified ways we are capable of, to assert and then reassert our dignity in the face of poverty… — M.F.K. Fisher
I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is most compatible with… — Jeane Kirkpatrick
Socialism is not about big concepts and heavy theory. Socialism is about decent shelter for those who are homeless. It is about water for those… — Chris Hani
One area of law more than any other besmirches the constitutional vision of human dignity. . . . The barbaric death penalty violates our Constitution.… — William J. Brennan
Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up dignity. In gluttony there must be eating, in drunkenness there… — John Selden
The Chancellor, the late Chancellor, was only partly correct, he was obsolete. But so was the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, any entity,… — Rod Serling
Dignity: the doomed man's final refuge. — Max Frisch
No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge — Jack Kerouac
The peculiar dignity of men seen eating alone in restaurants on national holidays — Stanley Elkin
More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity — Barbara Boxer
A sacred pride should grip us of not being satisfied with the mediocre but to strive (for we can do it, if we want to)… — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely,… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abortion destroys self-worth and dignity. I bought into the idea that abortion was simply a matter of choice. I used abortion as birth control until… — Star Parker
Jesmyn Ward left her Gulf Coast home for education and experience, but it called her back. It called on her in most painful ways, to… — Natasha Trethewey
By enlivening this most basic level of life, Transcendental Meditation is that one simple procedure which can raise the life of every individual and every… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Political [or individual] rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when they have become… — Rudolf Rocker
Such is an actor's life. We must ride the waves of every film, barfing occasionally, yet maintain our dignity, even as the bulk of our… — Bruce Campbell
Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part… — Orhan Pamuk
Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose. — Paul Wellstone
It [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every… — H. L. Mencken

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