Dignity Quotes

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The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they… — Ronald Reagan
[The woman] paused and seemed to take a deep breath. 'You see,' she declared. 'I am Tom Mallow's aunt.' Catherine's first instinct was to burst… — Barbara Pym
Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage. The outcome of this debate is important-and so is the way we conduct it. The same moral… — George W. Bush
Offerings to propitiate the dead then were regarded as belonging to the class of funeral sacrifices, and these are idolatry. Idolatry, in fact, is a… — Tertullian
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
...Basketball doesn't care what color your skin is. It doesn't care what language you speak or what religion you practice. It doesn't care if you're… — Jim Calhoun
It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of… — Douglas MacArthur
While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the… — Barack Obama
I called my cat William because no shorter name fits the dignity of his character. Poor old man, he has fits now, so I call… — Josh Billings
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity. — Bill Gates
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand. — George Santayana
Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. — Blaise Pascal
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights... — Eleanor Roosevelt
Making a comeback is one of the most difficult things to do with dignity. — Greg Lake
The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we call human life - to reduce it to order but… — Archibald MacLeish
Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force. — Oscar Wilde
This is not just about women. We men need to recognize the part we play, too. Real men treat women with the dignity and respect… — Prince Harry
Humanity may endure the loss of everything; all its possessions may be turned away without infringing its true dignity - all but the possibility of… — Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows… — Mahatma Gandhi

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