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• Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility with regard to everything that has life.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Responsibility, Vegetarianism, Unqualified

  "Civilization and Ethics".

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• I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Believe, Charity, Solidarity

  "Louder Than Bombs: Interviews from the Progressive Magazine" by David Barsamian, (p. 146), 2004.

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• This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy - a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dream, Opportunity, Men

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Michael K. Honey (2011). “All Labor Has Dignity”, p.57, Beacon Press

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• The basis of peace and stability, in any society, has to be the fullest respect for the human rights of all its people.

  John Hume

  Peace, Rights, People

  John Hume's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1998.

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• Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.

  Vaclav Havel

  Peace, Freedom, Hero

  "Living in Truth". Book by Vaclav Havel, 1986.

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• The well-being and the hopes of the peoples of the world can never be served until peace - as well as freedom, honor and self-respect - is secure.

  Ralph Bunche

  Peace, Freedom, Self

  "Some Reflections on Peace in Our Time". Ralph Bunche's Nobel lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1950.

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• He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.

  Andre Gide

  Rose, Wildflowers, Want

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• I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Believe, People, Charity

  "Louder Than Bombs: Interviews from the Progressive Magazine" by David Barsamian, (p. 146), 2004.

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• I look for these qualities and characteristics in people. Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty.

  Summer Altice

  Loyalty, Honesty, Numbers

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• Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights.

  Mahnaz Afkhami

  Equality, Rights, Empowering

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• "In the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love."

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Peace, Tolerance, Together

  Farewell Address, delivered 17 January 1961

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• Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Inspirational Life, Warrior, Self

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.44, Macmillan

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• Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Self Esteem, Compelled, Self

  "The Insulted and the Injured". Book by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1861.

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• What goes around, comes around.

  Willie Nelson

  Karma, Revenge, Swimming

  Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin (2006). “The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart”, p.33, Penguin

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• It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Leadership, People, Please Yourself

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• We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.

  Aldo Leopold

  Nature, Community Living, Land

  Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.8, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Love, Empty Places, Changing Your Life

  Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy (2009). “Anna Karenina”, p.2002, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I love the idea that 'a person is a person no matter how small'.

  Jim Carrey

  Children, Ideas, Pro Life

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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  Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

  Malcolm X

  Peace, Hands, Law

  "Message to the Grass Roots" (speech), Detroit, Mich., 10 Nov. 1963

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• A person's a person, no matter how small.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Life, Children

  Dr. Seuss (1998). “Seuss-isms: Wise and Witty Prescriptions for Living from the Good Doctor”, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Self-respect leads to self-discipline.

  Clint Eastwood

  Self, Discipline, Inspirational Celebrity

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• When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

  Laozi

  Relationship, Being Yourself, Integrity

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• Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity.

  John Hume

  Lying, Differences, Essence

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• Whatever your grade or position, if you know how and when to speak, and when to remain silent, your chances of real success are proportionately increased.

  Ralph C. Smedley

  Inspirational, Success, Real

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