#dignity

I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don't have to do it often. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

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Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#politics #voting #dignity

Von Loewe really should know me well enough by now to realize that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or with anything remotely resembling dignity. ↗

— Elizabeth Wein

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There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations. ↗

— Samuel Ullman

#act #become #bounds #dignity #during

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity. ↗

— Maria Callas

#demands #dignity #her #i #la

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England. ↗

— Karel Capek

#cultural #dignity #england #find #freedom

Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility? ↗

— Robert Casey

#assume #dignity #human #human dignity #people

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity. ↗

— Salvatore J. Cordileone

#common #common good #dignity #due #good