"The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force."
-George Bancroft
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"By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy.“
-George Bancroft
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"Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul."
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"Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect."
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"Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible."
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-George Bancroft
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women."
-Gordon B. Hinckley
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"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
-H. L. Mencken
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"Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be."
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"I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world."
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"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"
-Confucius
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