#dignity

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual. ↗

— Edward Bellamy

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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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Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people. ↗

— William J. Clinton

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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. ↗

— E. M. Forster

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The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people. ↗

— Dian Fossey

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One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

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There's no doubt that Mexican men and women full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States. ↗

— Vicente Fox

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Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity. ↗

— Rollo May

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Men were created before women. ... But that doesn't prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless earth in order that we could be born out of living flesh. And what's so important about this priority in creation, anyway? When we are building, we lay foundations on the ground first, things of no intrinsic merit or beauty, before subsequently raising up sumptuous buildings and ornate palaces. Lowly seeds are nourished in the earth, and then later the ravishing blooms appear; lovely roses blossom forth and scented narcissi. ↗

— Moderata Fonte

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