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“In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.” Malcolm X, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” - 1965

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” Nelson Mandela, “Long Walk to Freedom” - 1995

“Dad always told me that you can judge people by the way they treat waiters and assistants.” John Green, “The Fault in Our Stars” - 2012

“It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.” Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” - 1849

“Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.” Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” - 1849

“Democracy, for example, arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.” Aristotle, “Politics”

“he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” Aristotle, “Politics”

“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.” Confucius, “Analects”

“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.” Leo Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina” - 1877

“Respect is about how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.” Richard Branson, “Screw It, Let's Do It” - 2006

“I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect...” J. D. Salinger, “Franny and Zooey” - 1961

“I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them.” Jane Austen, “Northanger Abbey” - 1817

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “The Brothers Karamazov” - 1880

“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” Lao Tzu, “Tao Te Ching” - 4th century BC

“Democracy tells us not to neglect a good man's opinion, even if he is our groom; tradition asks us not to neglect a good man's opinion, even if he is our father.” G. K. Chesterton, “Orthodoxy” - 1908

“the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she's treated.” George Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion” - 1913

“Anybody who wants religion is welcome to it, as far as I'm concerned—I support your right to enjoy it. However, I would appreciate it if you exhibited more respect for the rights of those people who do not wish to share your dogma, rapture or...” Frank Zappa, “The Real Frank Zappa Book” - 1989

“You have too much respect upon the world; They lose it that do buy it with much care.” William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice” - 1600

“Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.” Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” - 1849

“To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect and their oneness, and should insist upon choosing as their representatives only such persons as are good and true.” Mahatma Gandhi, “The Story of my Experiments with Truth” - 1929

“He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders.” Jonathan Swift, “Gulliver's Travels” - 1726

“On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little time and I am dead, and all is gone.” Marcus Aurelius, “Meditations” - c. 170 - 180

“I have noticed since that men usually leave married women alone, and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women. Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them.” Marilyn Monroe, “My Story” - 1974

“The majority of people living on our planet profess to be believers. This should spur religions to dialogue among themselves for the sake of protecting nature, defending the poor, and building networks of respect and fraternity.” Pope Francis, “Laudato si'” - 24 May 2015

“When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.” Mark Twain, “Following the Equator” - 1897

“You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.” Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice” - 28 January 1813

“the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.” Ayn Rand, “Atlas Shrugged” - 1957

“if you spend your life sparing people's feelings and feeding their vanity, you get so you can't distinguish what should be respected in them.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Tender Is the Night” - 1934

“And having no respect he ceases to love, and in order to occupy and distract himself without love he gives way to passions and coarse pleasures, and sinks to bestiality in his vices, all from continual lying to other men and to himself.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “The Brothers Karamazov” - 1880

“If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.” Ayn Rand, “The Fountainhead” - 1943

“One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected. As things stand, admiration and respect are given to the man who seems to be rich. This is the chief reason why people wish to be rich. The actual goods...” Bertrand Russell, “Sceptical Essays” - 1928

“Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.” Milan Kundera, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” - 1984

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