"Human dignity is the fundamental principle of the German constitution. Article 1, paragraph 1 reads: "Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority." Human dignity is thus mentioned even before the right to life. This has a significant impact on German law-making and jurisdiction in both serious and trivial items." (http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_dignity)
In everyday language we say: Human dignity is inviolable. This is a very different approach towards life compared to the American luck principle. On Mar 22, 4:23 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Let it all hang out. Marx and Stalin and Mao quotes welcome. Paine > and Jefferson quotes appreciated. > > "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot > survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, > for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves > amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling > through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. > For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar > to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he > appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He > rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night > to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so > that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor > is the plague." -- Marcus Tullius Cicero > > "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more > corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." > "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will > herald the end of the republic." > "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You > have to catch it yourself." > ---Benjamin Franklin > > dj -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
