Chinua Achebe Quotes

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

Denying any person their humanity is a game we should all stop playing.

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

Every person deserves respect.

As long as anyone anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake, and we are all vulnerable.

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

I think everyone deserves dignity.

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

Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.

Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.

We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.'

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.

Trample not on the ruins of a man.

Strive to make every person feel special. After all, every person you meet is made in the image of God.

Treat people with dignity and respect.

God never made man that he may consider another man as untouchable.

To be seen to be human, provided you're doing your job at the same time, is definitely not a negative, not at all.

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.

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

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

I will always speak out when someone says that a principle or a rule or a tradition trumps people.

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

But, you know, the issues of humanity and what is fair treatment and good treatment of a fellow human being should not really be based on a personal sense of right and wrong or judgment.