Proclamations and Conventions
Through much of the 20th century, dignity appeared in assorted writings as a reason for peacemaking and for promoting human rights.
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Subsequent proclamations also invoke dignity in the call for more rights. None of the international proclamations suggest dignity is the rare quality that some commentators say it should be.
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“Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.”
—François Rabelais (14941553)