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title: "10 Respect Dead Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [They've great respect for the dead in Hollywood, but none for the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/errol-flynn/they-ve-great-respect-for-the-dead-in-hollywood-but-none-for-the/)

[Errol Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/errol-flynn/)

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> [I believe in respect for the dead; in fact, I could only respect you if you WERE dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/green-monk/i-believe-in-respect-for-the-dead-in-fact-i-could-only-respect-you-if/)

[Green Monk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/green-monk/)

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> [“You should respect death and respect the dead, not out of fear, but because it's the proper human thing to do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-jokinen/you-should-respect-death-and-respect-the-dead-not-out-of-fear-but/)

[Tom Jokinen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-jokinen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/tom-jokinen-74230_death_you-should-respect-death-and-respect-the_250793.jpg)

> [“Respect the dead, learn from them, do not follow or avenge them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-meekins/respect-the-dead-learn-from-them-do-not-follow-or-avenge-them/)

[Evan Meekins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-meekins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/947/evan-meekins-20644_dead_respect-the-dead-learn-from-them-do-not_1624867.jpg)

> [“Respect for the dead comes second to respect for the living, and I believe no man's demise exempts him from culpability.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-loyd/respect-for-the-dead-comes-second-to-respect-for-the-living-and-i/)

[Anthony Loyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-loyd/)

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> [To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/to-the-living-we-owe-respect-but-to-the-dead-we-owe-only-the-truth/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [If we cannot come together to pause, to respect our dead and the heroic lives of meaning they led, then ours is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mckinnon/if-we-cannot-come-together-to-pause-to-respect-our-dead-and-the/)

[Mark McKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mckinnon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/mark-mckinnon-3139_cannot_if-we-cannot-come-together-to-pause-to-r_123441.png)

> [We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/we-must-not-permit-our-respect-for-the-dead-or-our-sympathy-for-the/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

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> [“The dead don't smile anymore. They don't feel joy or anger either. That's what dying means. If there are ghosts in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryohgo-narita/the-dead-don-t-smile-anymore-they-don-t-feel-joy-or-anger-either-that/)

[Ryohgo Narita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryohgo-narita/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/ryohgo-narita-19542_dead_the-dead-don-t-smile-anymore-they-don-t_743343.jpg)

> [Our respect for the dead, when they are just dead, is something wonderful, and the way we show it more wonderful still.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/our-respect-for-the-dead-when-they-are-just-dead-is-something/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/john-ruskin-314_amiable_our-respect-for-the-dead-when-they-are-j_107170.jpg)

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