Quotes

Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.

Angela Merkel

When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade

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The prevalence of the principle of respect of the dignity of the human person is identified with the ultimate aim itself of Law, of the legal order, both national and international. By virtue of this fundamental principle, every person ought to be respected (in her honour and in her beliefs) by...

Martin Luther King