Sentence examples for of common dignity from inspiring English sources

It didn't propose any answers; it just told us how to conduct political discourse — with respect, intellectual compassion, and recognition of common dignity.

They enter a storelike setting that carries an air of common dignity once insisted upon by a priest and a housewife — and, now, by a successor who has not forgotten the humiliation of standing in line for a job, covered in snow.

He believes that it treats "members of the human race as nonhumans" — that "even the vilest criminal remains a human being possessed of common human dignity".

The most disturbing aspect of post-9/11 security measures is not the erosion of enumerated constitutional rights; it is the loss of common human dignity.

We envision a future where gender self-determination and authentic expression are seen as basic rights and matters of common human dignity.

How can we achieve gender equality at a global level and a common dignity for all when girls constitute more than two-thirds of that number?

It was his day, a day for dreamers who seek a shred of common decency and dignity in the old game.

Re "Pentagon Will Stop Importing Burmese Clothes for 1,400 PX's" (news article, Dec. 22): The criticism of the Burmese sales to United States military stores displayed the same one-dimensional thinking that places feel-good action ahead of common sense and human dignity.

"Looking for a Place to Die," by Theresa Brown (Op-Ed, Dec. 22), is a wrenching demonstration of how common sense, dignity and respect for individual choice have been trumped by political fearmongering about "death panels".

All around this power structure is the thrum of thousands of common people who subjugate their personal dignity and sense of self in the delusion that, one day, they may be beckoned in.

I feel this way because we share a set of common core values, such as respect, dignity, dedication, sacrifice and love.