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Dignity Quotes
"Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength, his glory and his pleasure"
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George Sand
"The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune."
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Plutarch
"Sports for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way"
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Jim Courier
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
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Charlotte Bronte
"The soul that is within me no man can degrade"
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Frederick Douglass
"We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own "
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Chinua Achebe
"Though you are poor, do not behave in a servile manner"
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Democritus
"The essence of human rights is the right to have rights."
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Hannah Arendt
"The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief."
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William Shakespeare
"I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights."
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Desmond Tutu
"It is essential to the happiness of a nation that it should have an efficient and dignified system of justice."
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Bertrand Russell
"There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over"
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Frank Zappa
"Dignity is more important to the human spirit than wealth"
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Jacqueline Novogratz
"The antidote to humiliation is dignity"
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Jacqueline Novogratz
"Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace."
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George Santayana
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