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We must continue to prove to the world that we can provide a rising standard of living for all men without loss of civil rights or human dignity to any man.

The only places where I have found that simple human dignity, that respect for the other man, and the gracious feel of tolerance and humanity have not been either among the heroes of the class-struggle or the 'thinking men' but among my simple 'backward' people.

Work is at the core of human dignity.

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.

Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.

Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength.

The rapprochement of peoples is only possible when differences of culture and outlook are respected and appreciated rather than feared and condemned, when the common bond of human dignity is recognized as the essential bond for a peaceful world.

Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.

Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.