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.

Quote by Bayard Rustin

Topics: Dignity Quotes, Protest Quotes

When I say I love Eastland, it sounds preposterous--a man who brutalizes people. But you...

When I say I love Eastland, it sounds preposterous--a man who brutalizes people. But *you*...

To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.

To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.

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,...

The most attractive quality of all is dignity.

The most attractive quality of all is dignity.

Dignity belongs to the conquered

Dignity belongs to the conquered

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls...

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls...

I'm tired of all this isolation. I'm tired of this triviality of life. I want...

I'm tired of all this isolation. I'm tired of this triviality of life. I want...

Childhood is a short season.

Childhood is a short season.

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

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

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...

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn

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...

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

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...

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...

The truth [is] that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story...

The truth [is] that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story...

Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or...

Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or...

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.

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...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.