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Book cover 'Conflict - Human Needs Theory"

Paul Sites

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Published: June 26, 2026

The need for self-esteem “is perhaps the most pervasive of any of the needs in humans”

Paul Sites
from: “Needs as analogues of emotions” in J Burton (ed.) 1990, Conflict: human needs theory,
St. Martin’s Press, New York.

(found in Hilarie Roseman's book "Generating Forgiveness", Dignity Press 2014)

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Published: June 26, 2026

The essence of non-violence is found in the non-cooperation with all forms of humiliation.

Mahatma Gandhi

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Published: June 26, 2026

“I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas”

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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    But in fact, people want more than money in particular, one thing which kind of ties everything nicely together is dignity. And well, what does dignity mean? It is a sense that your life is worth living and that other people consider that your life is worth living.

    Esther Duflo
    2019 Nobel Prize in...

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