#dignity

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

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The problems of aging present an opportunity to rethink our social and personal lives in order to ensure the dignity and welfare of each individual. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. ↗

— Jane Austen

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I'm single because I was born that way. ↗

— Mae West

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Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

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A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Terrorism is contempt for human dignity. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

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For the sake of our interests, as well as of our honour and dignity, we were obliged to see that we won for our international policy the same independence that we had secured for our European policy. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

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A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. ↗

— Grover Cleveland

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To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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