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Respect Quotes by Mark Twain
- The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods. It remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything…
- Very well, then, where do we arrive? Where do we arrive with our respect, our homage, our filial affection? At Adam! At Adam, every time.…
- It makes one hope and believe that a day will come when, in the eye of the law, literary property will be as sacred as…
- I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way.
- As I have said before, I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its…
- Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made.
- Our inner strengths, experiences, and truths cannot be lost, destroyed, or taken away. Every person has an inborn worth and can contribute to the human…
- A policeman in plain clothes is a man; in his uniform he is ten. Clothes and title are the most potent thing, the most formidable…
- The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try…
- An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self-respect.
- When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
- We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.
- I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect.
- There are some few people I respect and admire, but I don't think much of the species.
- There are three infallible ways of pleasing an author, and the three form a rising scale of compliment: 1, to tell him you have read…
- I have too much respect for the truth to drag it out on every trifling occasion.
- I have a religion-but you will call it blasphemy. It is that there is a God for the rich man but none for the poor.....Perhaps…
- Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar…
More Respect Quotes
- The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you… — David Attenborough
- Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Respect for right conduct is felt by every body. — Jane Austen
- As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence… — Kelly Ayotte