Henry David Thoreau Quotes

I connect deeply with SAVE's mission and I realize it doesn't matter which specific group you're fighting for, that everyone deserves equality, everyone deserves safety, and everyone deserves to be able to live their lives free of hate, fear and discrimination.

We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.

I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.

I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights.

Respect for the dignity of the human person is the foundational principle of any just society. From a Catholic perspective, it also forms the foundation of all of our Church's social teachings.

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

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.

My heart is committed to giving everyone the same rights that I deserve for myself.

I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need.

The little man is still a man.

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.

We ask to be recognized as men.

Workers are not to be treated as slaves; justice demands that the dignity of human personality be respected in them

Do not try to save the world by loving thy neighbor; it will only make him nervous. Save the world by respecting thy neighbor's rights under law and insisting that he respect yours (under the same law.)

Human Rights

We believe in the dignity of man as an individual, whatever his race, colour or creed, and his right to better, fuller, and richer life.

We do not have the right to discriminate against people.

Asian Americans are the same as African American, Hispanic Americans, anyone: we deserve to be respected, too.

Education is a human right - a recognition of dignity that each person should be afforded.

No belief or idea is sacred, unless it treats all people as sacred.

Every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated. This is not the case.

Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.

The majority of the American people still believe that every single individual in this country is entitled to just as much respect, just as much dignity, as every other individual.