It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. – Henry David Thoreau

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If you are killed because you are a writer, thats the maximum expression of respect, you know. – Mario Vargas Llosa

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I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a mans self-respect is a sin. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. Im quite camp in that respect. – Jenny Eclair

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I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return demand justice and accountability for those who stole Iraqs money. – Ahmed Chalabi

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