George Mason Quotes

To support policies that dehumanise others is to dehumanise yourself.

Denying any person their humanity is a game we should all stop playing.

The poorest being that crawls on earth, contending to save itself from injustice and oppression, is an object respectable in the eyes of God and man.

The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion for those who have difficulties.

I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.

To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.

I'm an advocate of human nature.

When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress.

Equality lies only in human moral dignity.

I do believe in humanism, and I believe that we should treat each other with respect and care and look after each other. All human beings should have an equal chance to survive in society, and inequality is a big problem in society.

It's a principle of my philosophy that you have to respect the individual human being.

Fair treatment of human beings and animals in many different realms strikes a chord with me.

We cannot enslave others without enslaving a part of ourselves.

As long as we observe love for others and respect for their rights and dignity in our daily lives, then whether we are learned or unlearned, whether we believe in the Buddha or God, follow some religion or none at all, as long as we have compassion for others and conduct ourselves with restraint out of a sense of responsibility, there is no doubt we will be happy.

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

I am passionate about human rights.

We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.

I'm a big believer in human nature.

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

I think a lot of the source of how people are treated depends on the fact if someone recognizes them as a human being or not, you know what I mean?

I see myself in all the people in the world who are suffering and who are very badly treated and who are often made to feel that they have no place on this Earth.

I'm human. But overall, whenever I see anyone being made fun of or given a hard time, I rush to their defense. I want to help them because I know how it feels.

I'm a humanist at heart: at the end of the day, we are all human beings.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.