Balance Quote by Davy Crockett

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

— Voltaire

“Respect for the dead comes second to respect for the living, and I believe no man's demise exempts him from culpability.”

— Anthony Loyd

I believe in respect for the dead; in fact, I could only respect you if you WERE dead.

— Green Monk

We should be considerate to the living; to the dead we owe only the truth.

— Voltaire

The dead should not rule the living

— Thomas Jefferson

Let our tribute to the dead be a new resolve: to respect people for what they individually think, rather than respect groups for what…

— Richard Dawkins

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living

— Confucius

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.

— William Hazlitt

We honor the dead best by treating the living well.

— Jennifer Granholm

To me, respect for human life begins with making it more difficult to obtain an inanimate object that is designed to snuff it out.

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

Respect from the clean heart for the people who are ethically right opens the door of mind to see own life in the clear…

— Anuj Somany