#dignity

I don't want to flee, nor do I want to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live and work with dignity while respecting the environment. ↗

— Dorothy Stang

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All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable. ↗

— Paul Claudel

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What is called for is dignity. We need to set an example. ↗

— Kenny Dalglish

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Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. ↗

— Charles G. Dawes

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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. ↗

— Washington Irving

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It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this. ↗

— Quincy Jones

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The honor of about 30 million votes remains with the Iranian nation and no enemy scheme would take away this dignity and honor from the Iranian nation. ↗

— Ayatollah Khamenei

#away #dignity #enemy #honor #iranian

I was always the kid who could draw. I had this talent, and it was the one thing that gave me some kind of dignity in the midst of my personal environment. ↗

— Thomas Kincade

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He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity. ↗

— Don King

#day #dignity #for the day #people #worked

I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is most compatible with peace, the well-being of people, and human dignity. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

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