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Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.
Kings
(Frederick II) Frederick The Great

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They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.
Self-respect
Mahatma Gandhi

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I respect only those who resist me; but I cannot tolerate them.
Opposition
Charles De Gaulle

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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
self-esteem
Baltasar Gracian

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A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
Respectability
Billy Graham

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Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
Truth
Frank Herbert

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Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.
Respectability
Sir John Herschel

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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
Authority
Grant Hill

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Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.
Nationalities and Nationalism
Eric Hoffer

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I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.
Passion
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
Respectability
Edgar Watson Howe

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Respect a man, he will do it the more.
Respectability
James Howell

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My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.
Politicians and Politics
Jesse Jackson

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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.
Strength
Thomas Jefferson

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Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.
Respectability
Samuel Johnson

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You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.
Argument
Edward Koch

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Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.
Respectability
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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'Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
Friends and Friendship
Charles Lamb

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The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
Morality
Johann Kaspar Lavater

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I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.
Respectability
D. H. Lawrence

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I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.
Respectability
Herbert Henry Lehman

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He that respects himself is safe from others; He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
Self-respect
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
Value
Malcolm X

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Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.
Self-respect
Peter Mcarthur

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Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.
Self-respect
H. L. Mencken

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