Dignity

“No cause is more worthy than the cause of human rights. Human rights are more than legal concepts; they are the essence of man. They are what make man human.”

“Every human has the right to choose how they want to live, what they want to wear, how they prefer to be addressed.”

“To instruct the working class, to inculcate in him the love for work, virtue, honesty, to teach him his duties and highest rights; to awaken him in his soul the sentiments of dignity and civicism, necessary for a perfect citizen.”

“For what would the people think, seeing a Mandarin, one who ought to be dignified, leave his chair to talk to a man dressed like a tramp?”

“I've always worked very hard at just being comfortable with who I am.”

“Society is the temple; people are the gods.”

“Не можна торгувати душею. Не можна її продавати і зраджувати.”

“At last the stain of shame has been wiped out.”

“I will not accept an inferior position in the art world.”

“I emerged from the darkness of the womb into a world unprepared to accept me.”

“Being listened to, and being paid attention to, and actually being respected are two completely different things.”

“I have found my identity and I will only accept a person who accepts my identity.”

“I never felt the slightest inferiority complex toward foreigners.”

“I will not be bullied.”

“I do not believe that poverty is equal to degradation. For me, color restores people’s dignity.”

“A woman's body is her own, and she will never be really free until she knows how to look after it properly.”

“We accept no condition of inferiority as compared to the European people. Quite the contrary is the case. We called no man master and we had no king.”

“一死之外，无可为者。”

“Your value is not placed in whether you win or lose this race.”

“Je peux n’avoir pas d’illusions pour mon propre compte, j’ai de la fierté pour mon état.”