Newt Gingrich Quotes

To treat anyone as if they were less than human, less than a brother or a sister, no matter what they have done, is to contravene the very laws of our humanity.

It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.

Even the most despicable person is still a human being.

There is a minimum requirement of morality, of moral compass, of decency, of moral empathy. And if you are incapable of meeting that minimum requirement, you can't even talk to me about policy.

The candid and honest and pure heartedness of children has strengthened my views that we are all equal and should be afforded the basic human rights that we all deserve.

Even though we may focus first on the rights of our own country, that does not mean that we should disregard the rights of everyone else.

To support policies that dehumanise others is to dehumanise yourself.

It's a principle of my philosophy that you have to respect the individual human being.

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

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down.

There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.

And every human being is precious.

Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion for those who have difficulties.

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.

As all human beings are, in my view, creatures of God's design, we must respect all other human beings. That does not mean I have to agree with their choices or agree with their opinions, but indeed I respect them as human beings.

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings.