“I believe that the essence of government lies with unceasing concern for the welfare and dignity and decency and innate integrity of life for every individual. I dont like to say this and wish I didnt have to add these words to make it clear but I willregardless of color, creed, ancestry, sex or age.” BelieveGovernmentAgeLyingIndividualI BelieveWishSexClearColorIntegrityConcernDignityEssenceAddWelfareCreedsInnateDecencyAncestryGovernment Lies Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“There are women vain of advantages not connected with their persons, such as birth, rank, and fortune; it is difficult to feel less the dignity of the sex. The origin of all women may be called celestial, for their power is the offspring of the gifts of Nature; by yielding to pride and ambition they soon destroy the magic of their charms.” FeelsMayPersonsSexDifficultMagicPrideBirthAmbitionAdvantageDignityFortuneConnectedVanityVainCharmCelestialOffspring Author:Madame de Stael
“Sex divorced from love is the thief of personal dignity.” SexLove IsDignityThievesDivorcedPersonal Dignity Author:Caitlin Thomas
“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.” HumansPersonsHumanitySexAcceptingWorstBecomingBedDignitySellsSellingAgreementObligedProstitutionHuman Dignity Author:Kate Millett
“I read recently in an article by G.K. Chesterton, that sex without gestation and parturition is like blowing the trumpets and waving the flags without doing any of the fighting. From a woman such words, though displaying inexperience, might come with dignity; from a man they are an unforgivable, intolerable insult. What is man's part in sex but a perpetual waving of flags and blowing of trumpets and avoidance of the fighting?” MenMightFightingSexDignityInsultArticlesFlagsPerpetualAvoidanceTrumpetsUnforgivableInexperienceGestation Author:Dora Russell
“I tend to agree that celibacy for a time is worth considering, for sex is dirty if all it means is winning a man, conquering a woman, beating someone out of something, abusing each other's dignity in order to prove that I am a man, I am a woman.” IfsMenMeanOrderWinningSexProveDignityAgreeConquerDirtyConsideringCelibacy Author:Toni Cade Bambara
“... the danger of illicit sex influences is, and always has been, in inverse proportion to the degree to which women approximatedto equality with men, in social dignity and in opportunity for public responsibility.” MenHas BeensOpportunitySocialSexResponsibilityInfluenceDangerDegreesDignityProportionInverse Author:Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi
“If we are truly created equal than truly the love we commit to one another must be equal as well, this ruling will strengthen all of our communities by offering to all same sex couples the dignity of marriage across this great land.” IfsLoveWellsSexCommunityLandCoupleEqualDignityCommitOfferingRulingOur Community Author:Barack Obama
“The differences between the two sexes is one of the important conditions upon which we have built the many varieties of human culture that give human beings dignity and stature.” GivingHumansTwoImportantCultureSexDifferencesHuman BeingsConditionsBuiltDignityVarietyStature Book:Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world Source: Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world
“Human rights transcend local or ethnocentric values, conferring equal dignity and value on all humanity regardless of sex, ethnicity, sexual preference, or religion. It is in the West that human rights are most respected.” HumansValuesHumanitySexRightsEqualDignityWestHuman RightsLocalsPreferenceEthnicity Book:Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy Source: Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy
“We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow creating this world where they're surrounded by images of sexuality; and yet, we as adults struggle to talk to kids honestly about sex, the rules of dignity and consent.” WorldChildrenKidsSexResponsibilityStruggleThis WorldCreatingAdultsDignityOur ChildrenSexualityHonestlyFallenConsent Author:Laurie Halse Anderson