Quotes about Dignity
Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.
— Mahatma Gandhi
May no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and woman.
— Pope Francis
An honest man is respected by all parties.
— William Hazlitt
Man hath his daily work of body or mind appointed, which declares his dignity, and the regard of Heav'n on all his ways.
— John Milton
Nothing degrades a man do more than the allowed stoop so low as to hate someone
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman.
— Pope John Paul II
Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.
— John Bunyan
All men are created equal.
— Thomas Jefferson
All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
— Thomas Jefferson
Be human in this most inhuman of ages; guard the image of man for it is the image of God.
— Thomas Merton
The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.
— Confucius
The poorest being that crawls on earth, contending to save itself from injustice and oppression, is an object respectable in the eyes of God and man.
— Edmund Burke