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Vaudeville may be a French specialty, like bread, cheese, and wine, but it does not strengthen the dignity and credibility of an already spectacularly unpopular presidency.
For more than 60 years, the two groups have managed to live together in an acceptable manner, confronting with relative dignity the inferno of terrorism and the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza strip.
Does it mean I no longer deserve dignity if I do get it?
But, for the sake of human dignity, we must allow every one of them to claim that statistical anomaly, even as we support each of them in trying to follow the path that statistics indicate could help them to lead healthier lives.
A demented person could be “comforted” by such words, but at what cost to their human dignity?
When people observe the intolerable contrast between what is expected in terms of human rights and what victims of modern slavery actually endure, it becomes harder to ignore the unfair distribution of dignity in our societies.
To ensure dignity, freedom, and social participation for everyone, global leaders must work to effect change across political, religious, and cultural boundaries.
Although the religious cannot always pray at the same altar, the world’s religions can and should act in unison to promote human dignity, defend universal freedoms, and aid those in need.
Members of the middle class resented their loss of dignity at the hands of an unaccountable elite.
As a result, China is being given the opportunity to preserve its dignity while receiving incentives to integrate into a stable regional – and ultimately global – order that welcomes it as an integral player, so long as it abides by multilateral rules.
Human suffering and victims’ dignity are too powerful to be erased by others’ political pacts.
As long as one is not too attached to one’s dignity, there is little to lose and a lot to be gained from running.
Moreover, on the fundamental issue of freedom--"the non-negotiable demand of human dignity," in the words of the Bush administration's National Security Strategy--American and Chinese visions conflict.
But those who want to leave their mark on one of the twenty-first century’s most vital issues – and to create a world in which international migrants are treated equitably and with dignity – will embrace it.
In Fiji, the UNFPA, with the support of the Australian government, pre-positioned thousands of dignity and reproductive-health kits.
Because perception shapes reality, everything is normal, nothing has to be done, and Putin – having supposedly restored Russia’s dignity – can enjoy his approval ratings of more than 80%.
To Putin, restoring Russia’s dignity is the same as resurrecting its “great-power status” following the collapse of the Soviet Union and its humiliating “defeat” by the West in the Cold War.
Exercising power externally apparently compensates for the fact that dignity within the country is far from restored: Today’s Russian citizen remains defenseless before his bosses, the utility companies, the courts, and the police – and yet, whatever his hardships, he remains proud of his nation and its leader.
Barack Obama was plenty pleased with himself, with reason, but such was his dignity that no super-aide emerged during his presidency.
First and foremost, Solidarity was a cry of dignity.
Last winter, I saw a similar cry for dignity in Ukraine.
Those hundreds of thousands of people who camped for weeks on the freezing streets of Kiev did so because they were demanding their dignity.
Both the Polish and the Ukrainian experiences have convinced me that the will to live in dignity is the most powerful engine of human action, an engine that is capable of overcoming even the greatest fear.
But the desire for dignity is not enough to secure it.
And only such a new institutional structure could respond to that deep cry for dignity.
For how long will it accept a lack of water, sanitation, education, and dignity?
To decide whether we should allow the buying and selling of human organs for transplantation, or hire mercenaries to fight our wars, we have to think through hard questions about human dignity and civic responsibility.
Now is the time for the world to unite behind the people of Burma, and to help bring them peace and dignity at last.
What is at stake are dignity, identity, and human rights.
She congratulated him, and offered him a close working relationship, but only on the basis of “common values” such as “democracy, freedom, as well as respect for the rule of law and the dignity of each and every person.”
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