Famous Quotes

"The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst."

Winston Churchill 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 Winston Churchill

• "We shape our buildings thereafter they shape us."

• "Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse."

• "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."

• "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

• "It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."