Child Dignity Quotes

I think we can all agree that every child's home deserves to be protected equally under the law, that there is dignity in every child's home.

Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity, and he will be free. We see no limit to what should be offered to the child, for his will be an immense field of chosen activity.

I insist on the dignity and God- given potential and work of every child, regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation or what zip code they were born in.

If we care about life and the dignity of all life, then we care about the dignity of all life, and that includes the human life of children.

There may be illegitimate parents but there are no illegitimate children.

A child deserves the maximum respect.

As far as rearing children goes, the basic idea I try to keep in mind is that a child is a person. Just because they happen to be a little shorter than you doesn't mean they are dumber than you.

Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.

We are still barely conscious of how harmful it is to treat children in a degrading manner. Treating them with respect and recognizing the consequences of their being humiliated are by no means intellectual matters; otherwise, their importance would long since have been generally recognized.

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.