“Above the titles of wife and mother, which, although dear, are transitory and accidental, there is the title human being, which precedes and out-ranks every other.” HumansMotherHuman BeingsWifeDearTitlesTransitoryWives And Mothers Author:Mary Livermore
“Whereas the property-owning middle class could win freedom for themselves on the basis of rights to property--thus excluding others from the freedom they gain--the property-less working class possess nothing but their title as human beings. Thus they can liberate themselves only by liberating all humanity.” HumansHumanityWinningHuman BeingsClassRightsMiddleGainsBasesPropertyTitlesMiddle ClassWorking ClassLiberating Book:Marx: A Very Short Introduction Source: Marx: A Very Short Introduction
“Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral nature; and as all men havethe same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights. These rights may be wrested from the slave, but they cannot be alienated: his title to himself is as perfect now, as is that of Lyman Beecher: it is stamped on his moral being, and is, like it, imperishable.” MenHumansMayGrowsHuman BeingsPerfectMoralRightsMoralitySlaverySlaveHuman RightsTitles Author:Angelina Grimke
“Animals struggle with each other for food or for leadership, but they do not, like human beings, struggle with each other for thatthat stands for food or leadership: such things as our paper symbols of wealth (money, bonds, titles), badges of rank to wear on our clothes, or low-number license plates, supposed by some people to stand for social precedence. For animals the relationship in which one thing stands for something else does not appear to exist except in very rudimentary form.” PeopleHumansDoeFormSocialWealthHuman BeingsAnimalNumbersStruggleOne ThingPaperClothesLowsSymbolsTitlesHumankindPlatesLicenseBadgesPrecedenceStand For SomethingLicense Plate Author:S. I. Hayakawa
“I'm not a big Hollywood star. I'm an actor. I'm called a star. That's not what I am. First of all I'm a human being; my profession is acting. People give you titles. They say you're an up and coming star, then they say you're a star, then they say you're a washed-up star. So I don't get caught up in what I'm called. My job, my profession, is acting.” PeopleGivingFirstsHumansBigsJobsActorsStarsHuman BeingsActingHollywoodCaughtProfessionTitlesCaught UpHollywood Stars Author:Denzel Washington