It took Rembrandt to recognise the dignity and character of aged faces and to embrace the marks of time as beautiful, mysterious and rich.
Give a voice to oppressed groups: We can tackle bias against caste and gender first of all by recognising the value and dignity of all work (including unpaid work) and all workers (including those in the most difficult arduous and degraded occupations).
By attempting to promote democracy, the Bush administration has at least recognised the fundamental dignity of the Iraqi people (the many deaths in the conflict notwithstanding).
In diplomatic terms, this may mean officially recognising the state.
Raised in Marsabit, an arid county in northern Kenya where 92% live below the poverty line, Mude says he recognised the "loss of dignity" caused by livestock deaths during cyclical droughts.
He does little to solve what he calls the "Basque problem" by referring to the low-intensity everyday terrorism as "the boys playing with gasoline".If he was really learned, he would have had the dignity to recognise the mistakes of his party.
Andy Kershaw, a British DJ and music journalist, who has travelled many times to Haiti, offered by far the most powerful critique, accusing television coverage of security hysteria, of anticipating violence while failing to recognise the incredible discipline and dignity of most Haitians.
It entails a commitment to recognise the intrinsic value and dignity of women's context.
It entails a commitment to recognise the intrinsic value and dignity of girls' and women's context.
"Our faiths, coming from different theological presuppositions, recognise the value of the human being and the dignity of the human being," he added.
