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"Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to."
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"If you are going down with dignity, you will be admired as if you are going up!"
"I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect."
"There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity."
"A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation."
"Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity."
"A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it."
"You need to work even if it is a menial or dirty job, because every job is participating in the process of creation."
"When you begin to run after miracles you dehumanize yourself."
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"The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law."
"In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go."
"Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs."
"Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth."
"Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey."
"Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey."
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