Thursday, August 28, 2008

Respect - christiansquoting.org.uk

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned. -Jane Haddam

I respect everyone. I even respect journalists.- Alexander Popov

Goodwill is earned by many acts; it can be lost by one.- Duncan Stuart

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

Often nowadays we hear a question posed that is not really a question. It is an oblique assertion of what the ostensible questioner considers a self-evident truth. The question is: Should we not all respect and honor one's differences? The gravamen of the "question" invariably is that differences of race, ethnicity and sexuality all should be "respected" and "honored." I disagree. Why should respect and honor accrue to accidents of birth? Given that they are accidents, what, precisely, is there to honor? Surely, respect is owed to, and honor should flow to _individuals_, for their attainments of intellectual or moral excellence, not merely because of any membership in any group. - George Will

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