#dignity

Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons. ↗

— Helen Prejean

#citizens #compromises #conceived #country #deepest

I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music and the way jazz musicians have been treated and are treated, and the fact that the music has not been given the kind of due that it deserves. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#been #concerned #deserves #dignity #due

The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#american culture #culture #devotion #dignity #education

The Cuban people still live in constant fear of a brutal totalitarian regime that has demonstrated time and again its utter disregard for basic human dignity. The fight for a free Cuba has gone on for far too long. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#basic #brutal #constant #constant fear #cuba

The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity. ↗

— Frank Serpico

#been #believe #case #children #corruption

John the Baptist was supposed to point the way to the Christ. He was just the voice, not the Messiah. So everybody's calling has dignity to it and God seems to know better than we do what is in us that needs to be called forth. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#better #called #calling #christ #dignity

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

#dignity #harmony #his #i #inspiration

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family. ↗

— Vartan Gregorian

#dignity #honor #negotiable

By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#his #lie #man

My dignity and good television - they'll never meet. ↗

— Adam Savage

#good #meet #never #television