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Dignity is the fundamental innate worth of the human person. A good society honors the dignity of all persons and expects all its members to respect the dignity of others.
Betty Reardon
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented.’
Elie Wiesel
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Poverty doesn´t only consist of being hungry for bread, but rather it is a tremendous hunger for human dignity.
Mother Teresa
Her essential wisdom, edited by Carol Kelly-Gangi,
Fall River Press, New York, 2006 , p. 31
(found by Francisco Cardoso Gomes de Matos)