Dignity belongs to the conquered

Quote by Kenneth Burke

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Our purpose is simply to ask how theological principles can be shown to have usable...

Our purpose is simply to ask how theological principles can be shown to have usable...

Dignity belongs to the conquered.

Dignity belongs to the conquered.

Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied...

Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied...

We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations.

We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations.

For no continuity of social act is possible without a corresponding social status and the...

For no continuity of social act is possible without a corresponding social status and the...

Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop...

Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop...

Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films...

Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films...

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people...

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people...

Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone

Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone

Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you.

Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you.

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

You can preserve many things in addiction...except your dignity.

You can preserve many things in addiction...except your dignity.

Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on.

Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being,...

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being,...

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn

When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.

When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.