Human Dignity Quotes

146 quotes by 106 authors

So many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create 'social justice' is giving them… — Thomas Sowell
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and… — Leo Tolstoy
In struggling for human dignity the oppressed people of the world must not allow themselves to become bitter or indulge in hate campaigns. To retaliate… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's humanity. The most… — William J. Brennan
For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom, the right to freely express opinion and the right to… — Olof Palme
There can be no real growth without healthy populations. No sustainable development without tackling disease and malnutrition. No international security without assisting crisis-ridden countries. And… — Gro Harlem Brundtland
For too long the development debate has ignored the fact that poverty tends to be characterized not only by material insufficiency but also by denial… — Kofi Annan
We've got to take back the ideal of justice, we've got to take back this principle of human dignity. We've got to take it back… — David Kaczynski
We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty… — Nelson Mandela
Americans are a very backward people, with all the real virtues of a backward people; the patriarchal simplicity and human dignity of a democracy, and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At a… — Kofi Annan
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 rights… — Ronald Reagan
In an ironic sense, Karl Marx was right. We are witnessing today a great revolutionary crisis, a crisis where the demands of the economic order… — Ronald Reagan
If our free society is to endure, those who govern must recognize human dignity and accept the enforcement of constitutional limitations on their power conceived… — William J. Brennan
We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we… — Nelson Mandela
When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature, he has become free from… — Alfred Kinsey
It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of human history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens. — Ronald Reagan
For the people of Israel and America are historic partners in the global quest for human dignity and freedom. We will always remain at each… — Ronald Reagan
It violates right order whenever capital so employs the working or wage-earning classes as to divert business and economic activity entirely to its own arbitrary… — Pope Pius XI

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