Dignity of Life Quotes

Precisely in an age when the inviolable rights of the person are solemnly proclaimed and the value of life is publicly affirmed, the very right to life is being denied or trampled upon, especially at the more significant moments of existence: the moment of birth and the moment of death.

No religion on earth preaches the dignity of humanity in such a lofty strain as Hinduism, and no religion on earth treads upon the necks of the poor and the low in such a fashion as Hinduism.

Our culture is at its best when we protect and encourage the weakest. Every life - at every stage, in every place - has a dignity beyond our imagining.

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.

In her vigorous concern for human rights and justice, the Catholic Church is unambiguously committed to protecting and cherishing every human life, including the life of the unborn.

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.

As all human beings are, in my view, creatures of God's design, we must respect all other human beings. That does not mean I have to agree with their choices or agree with their opinions, but indeed I respect them as human beings.

The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings.

All the problems that fall to the League may ultimately be reduced to one - that of man, and the dignity of man.

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.

Every man has a right to bread.

People who died could not come back to life, so guaranteeing the right to life should not be a thing of the future, but should be advancing right now.

Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well as to protect the rights of surrogate children. However, it should also be empathetic to individuals with alternative lifestyles who are well within their legal and human rights to demand access to surrogacy services.

Our choice is not between war and peace but between life with dignity or without

It is not right to glory in the slain

The living deserve attention, too

To give a man his life but deny him his liberty, is to take from him all that makes his life worth living. To give him his liberty but take from him the property which is the fruit and badge of his liberty, is to still leave him a slave.

Mankind's feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life.

Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life.

There is no dignity without work. You can't tell someone who has nothing to eat to stay patient.

A defensible and durable civilization can only sustain itself legitimately and effectively if it recognizes the inherent dignity of every member of the human family

Protecting the sanctity of life is a matter of principle.

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.

I am very grateful for the Catholic Church and its unwavering stance on life. They have been a consistent, uncompromising voice defending life.