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"Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice."

Max Nordau on Respect

More quotes about Respect

  • "An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."

    Martin Luther King, Jr. on Respect

  • "Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized."

    Albert Einstein on Respect

  • "Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."

    Albert Einstein on Respect

  • "Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."

    Malcolm X on Respect

  • "If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem."

    Abraham Lincoln on Respect

More quotes by Max Nordau

  • "Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice."

  • "If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly."

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