--- title: "1 Respecting Human Quotes By John R. Bradley" description: "1 Respecting Human quotes by John R. Bradley. Plus more from John R. Bradley and more Respecting Human sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/john-r-bradley-7263_goals_the-goal-of-any-self-respecting-human-be_3158337.jpg" --- > [“The goal of any self-respecting human being tolerant of others is to favor anything that increases a person's ability to control her own fate, and at the very least maintain sovereignty over her own body.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/the-goal-of-any-self-respecting-human-being-tolerant-of-others-is-to/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/john-r-bradley-7263_goals_the-goal-of-any-self-respecting-human-be_3158337.jpg) ## More by John R. Bradley > [“But if Nasser's gift to the Egyptians was their sense of pride, Mubarak's curse is to have created a cultural climate where the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/but-if-nasser-s-gift-to-the-egyptians-was-their-sense-of-pride/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“However, since the Syrian regime is even less transparent than the NGOs, we have no way of knowing that, either.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/however-since-the-syrian-regime-is-even-less-transparent-than-the/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“After the attack, it was again the image of the country, rather than the well-being of those who had been caught up in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/after-the-attack-it-was-again-the-image-of-the-country-rather-than/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“Because Islam is so tightly bound up with Acehnese exceptionalism, it has since the introduction of Islamic law become the territory’s version of political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/because-islam-is-so-tightly-bound-up-with-acehnese-exceptionalism-it/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“After all, there is in more stable, developed countries like the United States and Britain a quantifiably more vicious culture of child abuse. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/after-all-there-is-in-more-stable-developed-countries-like-the-united/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“After that fateful day of July 23, 1952, the "Paris Along the Nile," as Cairo was lovingly renamed by the foreigners who flocked to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/after-that-fateful-day-of-july-23-1952-the-paris-along-the-nile-as/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“Mansour earned the nickname "Al-Turbiny," from the air-conditioned express trains linking Cairo with Egypt's second city Alexandria, whose roofs were the favored location for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/mansour-earned-the-nickname-al-turbiny-from-the-air-conditioned/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“The situation is complicated, though, in a country like Tunisia, where sudden and dramatic change in favor of Western-style democracy at this juncture does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/the-situation-is-complicated-though-in-a-country-like-tunisia-where/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“Nothing gives your average bored Sunni bigot surfing the web more instant gratification than zooming in on sigeh to condemn the Shia as debauched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/nothing-gives-your-average-bored-sunni-bigot-surfing-the-web-more/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“despite having a thriving gay prostitution scene, Damascus is unlike just about every other Middle Eastern city I have visited in not having any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/despite-having-a-thriving-gay-prostitution-scene-damascus-is-unlike/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“The Arab Spring has been a dismal failure. All indications are that what comes next will be significantly worse than what existed before, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/the-arab-spring-has-been-a-dismal-failure-all-indications-are-that/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“An investigative report by the BBC in July 2007 found that thousands of young Egyptian men try to enter Europe illegally every year. Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/an-investigative-report-by-the-bbc-in-july-2007-found-that-thousands/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“A secularist but not an atheist, he used the example of the Prophet, who according to tradition did not fast in Ramadan during wartime,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/a-secularist-but-not-an-atheist-he-used-the-example-of-the-prophet/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“Malaysia, then, offers an example of what happens when socalled moderate Islamists are appeased by the liberal elite. They provide cover for their more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/malaysia-then-offers-an-example-of-what-happens-when-socalled/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) > [“Saudi Arabia’s media and schools spew constant anti-Semitic venom, but the Al-Saud regime loathes Tehran much more than Tel Aviv. In Egypt, for all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/saudi-arabia-s-media-and-schools-spew-constant-anti-semitic-venom-but/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/respecting-human/john-r-bradley/#itemlist", "name": "1 Respecting Human Quotes By John R. Bradley", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The goal of any self-respecting human being tolerant of others is to favor anything that increases a person's ability to control her own fate, and at the very least maintain sovereignty over her own body.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John R. 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