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Huey Newton Activist
Dignity

"But before we die, how shall we live? I say with hope and dignity; and if premature death is the result, that death has a meaning reactionary suicide can never have. It is the price of self-respect."

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Leonard Cohen Singer-Songwriter
Dignity

"As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. What were these instructions? The instructions were never to lament casually. And if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done within the strict confines of dignity and beauty."

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Benjamin Carson Neurosurgeon, Author, Politician
Dignity

"Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity."

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John Adams Founding Father, Politician
Dignity

"All sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue."

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