“The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity - these are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.” ThinkingHumansOpportunityJusticeMoralStruggleSecurityDignityBasesHarmonyTolerancePursuitQuestsImperativesHuman DignityEquality Of Opportunity Author:Aga Khan IV
“For us, democracy is a question of human dignity. This includes the political liberties, the right to freely express our views, the right to criticize and to influence opinion. It embraces the right to health and work, to education and social security.” HumansPoliticalSocialViewsLibertyOpinionDemocracyInfluenceSecurityDignityEmbraceCriticizeSocial SecurityHuman Dignity Author:Olof Palme
“There is more to life than material well-being. Who would claim that the wholly wage-dependent family enjoys the dignity, the security, the range of choice and the autonomy (not to mention the leisure and freedom) of the family even partially supported by capital ownership?” WellsWisdomChoicesPoliticsEnjoyEconomySecurityMaterialsDignityClaimsWell BeingRangeLiberalismDependentLeisureOwnershipAutonomyMore To Life Author:Louis O. Kelso
“A host of positive psychological changes inevitably will result from widespread economic security. The dignity of the individual will flourish when the decisions concerning his life are in his own hands, when he has the means to seek self-improvement. Personal conflicts among husbands, wives and children will diminish when the unjust measurement of human worth on the scale of dollars is eliminated.” HumansMeanChildrenSelfWisdomHandsPoliticsIndividualDecisionResultsEconomyWifeEconomicSecurityHusbandConflictSelf ImprovementDignityDollarsImprovementScalesPsychologicalLiberalismHostUnjustDiminishMeasurementEconomic JusticeEconomic SecurityHusband Wife Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“In case after case, President Bush's actions have made American women less safe and less secure -- on the job and on the streets. As president, I will put American government and our legal system back on the side of women. I will stand up for their security, ensure their safety, support their rights, and guarantee their dignity. This nation can do no less.” MadeGovernmentActionJobsNationsSidesPresidentCan DoCasesSupportRightsStreetsSecuritySafeDignitySafetySecureGuaranteesPresident BushAmerican WomanLegal SystemAmerican Government Author:John F. Kerry
“Protecting the dignity and the security our seniors have earned is a commitment that spans generations and party lines.” LinesPartyGenerationsSecurityCommitmentDignitySenior Author:Tom Rooney
“A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve.” YearsSecurityRevolutionCitizensDeserveDignityMedicalProvidingElders Author:John F. Kennedy
“America must remain, at any cost, the custodian of freedom, human dignity and economic security. The United States must be strong, so that no nation may dare attack.” HumansMayStatesAmericaStrongNationsUnitedUnited StatesEconomicSecurityCostDignityDareHuman DignityCustodiansEconomic Security Author:Louis B. Mayer
“Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree, that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and moral philosophers will agree that the happiness of the individual is the end of man. From this principle it will follow that the form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest numbers of persons, and in the greatest degree, is the best. All sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.” MenWellsPersonsEndsGovernmentChristianFormIndividualNumbersMoralPrinciplesVirtueModernSecurityDivinePoliticianComfortDegreesDignityAgreeAncientPhilosopherCommunicateEaseSoberOne WordPaganForms Of GovernmentInquirers Book:The Works of John Adams: Controversial papers of the Revolution (continued) Works on government Source: The Works of John Adams: Controversial papers of the Revolution (continued) Works on government
“Democracy can thrive only when it enlists the devotion of those whom Lincoln called the common people. Democracy can hold that devotion only when it adequately respects their dignity by so ordering society as to assure to the masses of men and women reasonable security and hope for themselves and for their children.” PeopleMenChildrenCommonDemocracySecurityMassMen And WomenDignityDevotionReasonableThrive Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The old and honorable American notion, that a person who works hard should be able to live in freedom and security, with dignity - seems to have taken on a secondary status.” ShouldPersonsHardSeemsAbleTakenSecurityHard WorkDignityNotionHonorable Author:George Saunders
“Social security has enabled people to retire with dignity and overwhelmingly not be in poverty. We have to keep it solvent.” PeopleSocialPovertySecurityDignityRetiringSocial Security Author:Tim Kaine
“I think that when it comes to Social Security, all of us want to make sure that our senior citizens can retire with dignity and respect. And everybody has to be open-minded in thinking how do we firm up a system that, in fact, is going to be in difficulty in the coming years.” ThinkingWantYearsFactsSocialSecurityCitizensDignityDifficultyFirmRetiringSeniorSocial SecurityOpen MindedSenior CitizenDignity And Respect Author:Barack Obama