We shall not weary, we shall not rest, as we stand guard at the entrance gates and the exit gates of life, and at every step along way of life, bearing witness in word and deed to the dignity of the human person-of every human person.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of vigilance and dignity in our treatment of every human being throughout life.
Richard John Neuhaus's quote speaks to the moral duty we have to uphold the dignity of every human person. It highlights the need for constant vigilance and commitment in our actions and words, ensuring that we honor and protect the humanity of individuals at all stages of life. It serves as a reminder that our responsibilities extend beyond mere tolerance; we must actively advocate for and witness the dignity of every person we encounter.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about human rights.
Optimism is a matter optics, of seeing what you want to see and not seeing what you don't want to see. Hope, on the other hand, is a Christian virtue. It is the unblinking acknowledgment of all that militates against hope, and the unrelenting refusal to despair. We have not the right to despair, and, finally, we have not the reason to despair
Progress without the reasoned freedom to think and act is regression to slavery.
Respect for the dignity of others includes treating them as rational creatures capable of being persuadad by rational argument, even in the face of frequent evidence to the contrary.
If the cause of poverty is marginalization, the cure is inclusion.
War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth that one receives, to follow a vocation which is God-inspired and God-directed.
I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one
We consider bibles and religions divine I do not say they are not divine. I say they have all grown out of you, and may grow out of you still. It is not they who give the life, it is you who give the life.
Stories have no point if they don't absorb our terror.
Naming our murder weapons after victims of our crimes: Apache, Tomahawk... It's as if the Luftwaffe were to call its fighter planes 'Jew' and 'Gypsy.'
There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the scientific method.
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