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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.

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized. – Albert Einstein

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. – Albert Einstein

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

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

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself. – Mark Twain

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say. – Bryant H. McGill

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend. – Friedrich Nietzsche

America wants its respect. – Tupac Shakur

If we are not free, no one will respect us. – Abdul Kalam

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity. – Julius Erving

Show respect to all people, but grovel to none. – Tecumseh

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

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. – Baltasar Gracian

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. – William Lyon Phelps

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. – Abraham Joshua Heschel

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater. – Bono

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. – Charles Baudelaire

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand. – Lakhdar Brahimi

Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life. – Robert Casey