Pope Francis Quotes

There are some persons we could not cut down to size without diminishing ourselves as well.

Whoever degrades another degrades me.

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.

I had this belief that I couldn't just accept to be treated as an object. It was a problem of dignity.

We're all people", he said simply. "It doesn't matter if you're two, thirty-two, or ninety-two. Everyone wants to be treated with respect. Everyone wants to feel like they matter in this world.

Human wholeness can never be found in the denigration of another

Tolerance and human rights require each other.

A person fully awakened to the jewel-like dignity of their own life is capable of truly respecting that same treasure in others.

I'm a human being, god-dammit. My life has value!

One cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own.

My vision is a Malawi where men and women live in peace and in harmony as equals enjoying their human rights.

We are all human beings and I believe that we all should have equal rights.

I think everyone deserves dignity.

I guess what I'd like to say is that people in Sierra Leone are human beings, just like Americans. They want to send their kids to school; they want to live in peace; they want to have their basic rights of life just like everyone else. I think we all owe an obligation to support people who want to do that.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

A defensible and durable civilization can only sustain itself legitimately and effectively if it recognizes the inherent dignity of every member of the human family

I really believe that all of us, as Americans... we all need to be treated like fellow human beings.

Some people in the press don't respect people in life. I can put my head on my pillow and sleep great because I respect everyone.

You ain't no more than me, and I ain't no more than you. We're all God's children.

Aren't we all human? Don't we all deserve to be respected and treated equally?

We are all stars in this galaxy. All of us. No one's greater than the other.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves.

It's not acceptable to torture people for being themselves.