“Confrontation should always leave a person's dignity in tact.”
Dr. A. J. Anglin

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“We were taught to respect everyone, especially those who were older and wiser than we were from whom we could learn.”
BeNeca  Ward
(born 1976); Author Of 3rd Generation Country, A Practical Guide To Raising Children With Great Values
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“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (attributed)
(1694-1778); Philosopher, Essayist
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“This is the first test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.”
William Lyon Phelps
(1865-1943); Scholar, Critic
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“I fear no one, but I respect everyone.”
Roger Federer
(born 1981); Professional Tennis Player, 5 Time Wimbledon Champion
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“The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.”
Eric Hoffer
(1902-1983); Philosopher
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“Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.”
Norman Cousins
(1915-1990); Editor, Writer
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“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
Nelson Mandela
(born 1918); Former President Of South Africa
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“Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749-1832); Philosopher, Scientist, Author
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“Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.”
Rene Dubois

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“Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.”
Cary Grant
(1904-1986); Actor
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“Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human.”
John Cogley Commonweal

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“Respect for right conduct is felt by everybody.”
Jane Austen
(1775-1817); Novelist
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“If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.”
Spanish Proverb

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“Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.”
Albert Einstein
(1875-1955); Theoretical Physicist, Philosopher, Nobel Prize Winner
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“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790); Politician, Writer, Scientist
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“My actual life is a fact, in view of which I have no occasion to congratulate myself; but for my faith and aspiration I have respect. It is from these that I speak.”
Henry David Thoreau
(1817-1862); Naturalist, Author, Philosopher
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“Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.”
Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] 
(1694-1778); Philosopher, Essayist
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“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.”
Richard David Bach
(born 1936); Writer
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“Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.”
Jodie  Foster
(born 1962); Actress
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“Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with.”
Athenæus 
Greek Grammarian, Rhetorician
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“Respect a man, and he will do all the more.”
John R. Wooden
(born 1910); Basketball Coach, Author
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“You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.”
Buddha 

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“Respect for intellectual excellence, the restoration of vigor and discipline to our ideas of study, curricula which aim at strengthening intellectual fiber and stretching the power of young minds, personal commitment and responsibility—these are the preconditions of educational recovery in America today; and, I believe, they have always been the preconditions of happiness and sanity for the human race.”
Adlai E. Stevenson
(1835-1914); 23rd U.S. Vice President
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“I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
William Butler Yeats
(1865-1939); Poet, Nobel Prize Winner
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“I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say.”
Calvin Coolidge
(1872-1933); 30th Us President
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“Be curious, not judgmental. ”
Walt Whitman
(1819-1892); Poet, Humanist
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“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.”
Thurgood Marshall
(1908-1993); 1st African American To Serve On The Us Supreme Court
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“He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.”
Persian Proverb

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“Treat everyone you meet as though they are the most important person you'll meet today.”
Roger Dawson

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“It is worth the while to live respectably unto ourselves. We can possibly get along with a neighbor, even with a bedfellow, whom we respect but very little; but as soon as it comes to this, that we do not respect ourselves, then we do not get along at all...”
Henry David Thoreau
(1817-1862); Naturalist, Author, Philosopher
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“The young should be treated with respect.”
Chinese Proverb

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“A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.”
Carl Gustav Jung
(1875-1961); Founder Of Analytical Psychology
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