Dignity Of The Human Person Quotes

#1. 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.

Salvatore J. Cordileone

#2. I look for three things. Number One is does the film promote the beauty and dignity of the human person? Number Two is does this film promote the transcendent moral order? And three, does it promote natural affection?

Jason Jones

#3. Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to join man in praising God.

Pope John Paul II

#4. Therefore the dignity of the human person normally demands the right to the use of earthly goods as the natural foundation for a livelihood; and to that right corresponds the fundamental obligation to grant private property, as far as possible, to all.

Pope Pius XI

#5. The right to religious freedom has its foundation, not in the church or society or the state, but in the very dignity of the human person.

John Courtney Murray

#6. We shall not weary, we shall not rest, as we stand guard at the entrance gates and the exit gates of life, and at every step along way of life, bearing witness in word and deed to the dignity of the human person-of every human person ...

Richard John Neuhaus

#7. Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person.

Dean Smith

#8. Classical theology defines sin as 'rebellion against God.' The answer is not incorrect as much as it is shallow and insulting to the human being. Every person deserves to be treated with dignity even if he or she is a 'rebellious sinner'.

Robert H. Schuller

#9. Too often, attention is diverted from the needs of populations, insufficient emphasis is placed on work in the fields, and the goods of the earth are not given adequate protection. As a result, economic imbalance is produced, and the inalienable rights and dignity of every human person are ignored.

Pope Benedict XVI

#10. There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.

Pope John Paul II

#11. That is the dignity of America, the reason she exists, the condition of her survival, yes, the ultimate test of her greatness: to respect every human person, especially the weak and most defenseless ones, those as yet unborn.

Pope John Paul II

#12. Anyone who attacks individual charity, attacks human nature and casts contempt on personal dignity.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#13. Why are you so upset? Why do you look like you've just lost your heart? Because the guy you've wanted for so long finally wants to be with you? Or because the guy you actually love thinks the worst of you?

Brynna Gabrielson

#14. All political activity must serve and promote the good of the human person and be based on respect for his or her dignity.

Pope Francis

#15. The movement to abolish the death penalty needs the religious community because the heart of religion is about compassion, human rights, and the indivisible dignity of each human person made in the image of God.

Helen Prejean

#16. It's always the people who don't want things who get them.

Candace Bushnell

#17. It is too easy to be ignored in this world,
so you've gotta put yourself up front
if you want to be counted, and to count.

David Levithan

#18. We can be amazed at man not only because he is a person, not only because he's made in the image of God, but also because, by the Incarnation, human nature itself has been raised to a divine dignity.

Michael Gaitley

#19. I went to private school in Manhattan, and at a young age, they made us do public speaking. For some reason, I was good at standing in front of the class and speaking.

Paul Dano

#20. I'm going to write ceaselessly about the dignity of human beings no matter who and or what they are, and the less dignity a person has the fewer words I'll use.

Jack Kerouac

#21. All it takes to get elected in twenty-first-century America is a mob of frightened sheep and a wolf with a nice smile,

Greg Bear

#22. Of course the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Why do you think the neighbors put up the fence?

Teresa Bloomingdale

#23. The worst part about prostitution is that you're obliged not to sell sex only, but your humanity. That's the worst part of it: that what you're selling is your human dignity. Not really so much in bed, but in accepting the agreement - in becoming a bought person.

Kate Millett

#24. To be united to God in unity of person was not fitting to human flesh, according to its natural endowments, since it was above his dignity; nevertheless, it was fitting that God, by reason of his infinite goodness, should unite it to himself for human salvation.

Thomas Aquinas

#25. Everybody enjoys the freedom he deserves, which is measured by the stature and dignity of his person or by his function, and not by the abstract and elementary fact of merely being a 'human being' or a 'citizen'.

Julius Evola

#26. The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's humanity. The most vile murder does not, in my view, release the state from constitutional restraint on the destruction of human dignity.

William J. Brennan

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

Ben Carson

#28. There was a loud burst of laughter somewhere in the campground and Maggie looked around. A man wearing a backpack but no clothes was coming down the trail. He had excellent hiking boots on his feet, a straw hat on his head and that was all. His thing was swaying in the breeze.

Robyn Carr

#29. Sometimes it's all about finding the person who won't let you go dark. When you find that person, you can't let them go.

Lexi Blake

#30. Art is the free expression of the artist and they tried to stop us from expressing ourselves, our art.

Marilyn Manson

#31. Many aspects of the human condition are beautiful and many others are vile. Betrayal and personal agony represent a maddening part of being human. A person can maintain personal dignity by exercising restraint, remaining true to their conscience, and preserving under difficult conditions.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#32. Each of us has a mission ... each of us is called to change the world, to work for a culture of life, a culture forged by love and respect for the dignity of each human person.

Pope Benedict XVI

#33. Never tire of firmly speaking out in defense of life from its conception and do not be deterred from the commitment to defend the dignity of every human person with courageous determination. Christ is with you: be not afraid!

Pope John Paul II

#34. Health care is an essential safeguard of human life and dignity and there is an obligation for society to ensure that every person be able to realize this right.

Joseph Bernardin

#35. It is, in fact, a great mistake to think we must suppress observations of human differences if we are to do justice to human dignity. The dignity of the person is not touched by such observations, for the dignity of human beings as persons is not an object of observation but of recognition.

Robert Spaemann

#36. American values are not just about America, but they speak to the human dignity, the God-given spark that resides in each and every person across the world.

Hillary Clinton

#37. So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.

St. Jerome