"Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience." — Theodore Roosevelt

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• The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
• Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
• You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers… — Joe Arpaio
• Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without… — Francis Bacon
• Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he… — Mikhail Bakunin
• To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general,… — Mikhail Bakunin
• Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies… — Antonio Banderas
• There is a certain dignity to being French. — Brigitte Bardot
• The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of… — P T Barnum
• There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. — Charles Baudelaire
• If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of… — Gary Bauer

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