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Segregated housing has led to huge shantytowns and settlements lacking sanitation and other basic conditions essential to a life with
dignity.
In Defense of DefensePRAGUE - One feature that makes a human being human is awareness of his or her own
dignity.
All people recognize an attack on human dignity, which is actually an attack on the essence of humanity.
But no person of sound judgement can deny that the restoration of liberties, which until recently were suppressed or limited, allows our citizens at last to live in
dignity.
Readiness to defend the state is a specific manifestation of a human being's sense of personal
dignity.
If we rebel against humiliation, insult or enslavement as individuals; if we defend our individual human
dignity
and resist attacks that threaten it; we do -- indeed we must do -- precisely the same as a community that has established a state, because the state is, among other things, an instrument to protect our life together in freedom.
In other words: readiness to defend a democratic state and its values against violence, aggression and evil should be nothing less than a natural extension of the inherent will of each individual to defend one's own
dignity
against potential threats.
It is thus necessary to remind ourselves time and again that defending the state means first and foremost defending the human
dignity
of every one of us.
It is now, when a new political and security order for the European continent is beginning to emerge, that we must clearly show our readiness to take our share of responsibility for peace and for the defense of human
dignity
with all the values that safeguard it.
But how much of that
dignity
and idealism could possibly have survived the ordeal of 27 years in prison, most of that time on Robben Island in the South Atlantic?
Today, against the new propaganda of hatred, our challenge is to harness the power of new communication technologies to empower pluralism and human
dignity
for all, to combat all forms of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
We must ensure that the modern economy is a sustainable one, built on the principles of human
dignity
and the opportunity for decent work.
No one adds up the costs of betraying, yet again, what America claims to stand for, even while witnessing people willing to march – in the face of bullets – for precisely those universal values: dignity, freedom, democracy, and equality.
Checks on security measures that curtail the freedoms that give our lives
dignity
are as imperative as protection.
They want the
dignity
that comes from work, but the jobs they once performed have disappeared.
For the US, sympathy for Arab publics yearning for freedom cannot exclude compassion for Palestinians dreaming of lives of dignity, which for them includes ending the occupation.
That statement, which originally appeared in the Catechism of the Catholic Church issued by Pope John Paul II in 1992, calls it “contrary to human
dignity
to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly.”
Last year, when speaking to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, he called for a president who can speak directly to everyone in the world who longs for
dignity
and security, and say: “You matter to us.
Where is our
dignity?
Moreover, it is time to rethink official development assistance (aid from governments), which remains crucial for alleviating poverty, protecting human dignity, and financing basic services for people in places where no other financial resources are available.
What the protestors were shouting for was not just freedom but
dignity
– the
dignity
that comes from having a job worth doing, enough food to eat, and the hope of a better life for their children.
As the entire international community is fighting radicalization and terrorism, we firmly believe that this effort must be part of an overall endeavor aimed at building a better world, based on cultural diversity, in which human dignity, human rights, and fundamental freedom are properly respected.
Speedy action is needed to restore the sense of
dignity
of Coastal and Muslim Kenyans before Kenyan Islam is radicalized into a Black Intifada.
The world is not ready for the post-American era, and countries like China and India must play a far greater role in strengthening the existing institutions of world peace and, where appropriate, building new ones that can promote a positive agenda of security, dignity, rights, and prosperity across the globe.
Not until occupation ends, Israel lives within internationally recognized borders, and the Palestinians recover their
dignity
as a nation will the Jewish state’s existence be finally secured.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in her customary prudent and deliberate manner, has emerged as the most effective champion of those values, making it clearer than ever before that demonstrating respect and
dignity
for all is a core principle of the European Union.
Georgia was the first post-Soviet country to stage a “color revolution,” and thus to demonstrate, with
dignity
and maturity, its people’s choice for democracy and European values.
Even theists will struggle to understand why a benevolent deity should want someone who is dying to remain alive until the last possible moment, no matter how severe the pain, discomfort, or loss of
dignity
may be.
Without doubt, in their wars of survival, the Israelis have too often neglected to treat the Palestinians with the same
dignity
that they expected the world to accord to them.
We have not hesitated in siding with those fighting for their rights and
dignity.
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