Quotes about Dignity For All
To be free is to not merely cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
— Nelson Mandela
Make it so the poor are no longer despised and thrown away. Look at them standing about — like wildflowers, which have nowhere else to grow.
— Philip Yancey
The measure of society is how it treats the weakest members.
— Thomas Jefferson
God wants to set the oppressed free from being oppressed and the oppressors free from oppressing.
— Desmond Tutu
I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.
— Maya Angelou
It's how you treat the one that reveals how you regard the ninety-nine, because everyone is ultimately a one.
— Stephen Covey
No. What would I look like fighting for equality with the white man? I don't want to go down that low. I want the true democracy that'll raise me and that white man up raise America up.
— Fannie Lou Hamer
A second reason is that, conversely, it is morally necessary for the lowly to be lifted up and the underlings exalted.
— John Goldingay
We believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this love by working for better conditions immediately and the ultimate owning by the workers of their means of production.
— Dorothy Day
I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.
— Bernice King
Aqueles que negam liberdade aos outros não merecem para si mesmos.
— Abraham Lincoln
A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will NOT have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!
— Dr. Seuss