“Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners”
Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) Irish/English writer
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners”
Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) Irish/English writer
Leopoldo Galtieri (1926–2003) Argentine military dictator
President Galtieri’s address to the nation https://teachwar.wordpress.com/resources/war-justifications-archive/falklandsmalvinas-war-1982/#arg1, 2 April 1982
“True respectability stems not from the will of the majority but from proper reasoning.”
Alain de Botton book The Consolations of Philosophy
Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter I, Consolations For Unpopularity, p. 33.
James Waddel Alexander (1804–1859) American Presbyterian minister and theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 611.
Abdullah II of Jordan (1962) King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Address to the European Parliament (2015)
Context: I and countless other Muslims, have been taught from our earliest years that our religion demanded respect and caring for others. The Prophet Mohammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “None of you has faith until you love for your neighbour what you love for yourself.”
This is what it means to be a Muslim.
Among the very names of God, we hear: the Compassionate, the All-Merciful. All my life, every day, I have heard and used the greeting, Assalamu aleikum — a wish for the other to be blessed with peace.
This is what it means to be a Muslim.
More than a thousand years before the Geneva Conventions, Muslim soldiers were ordered not to kill a child, a woman or an old person, not to destroy a tree, not to harm a priest, not to destroy a church.
These are the same values of Islam we were taught in school as children: not to destroy or desecrate a place where God is worshipped, not a mosque, not a church, not a synagogue.
This is what it means to be a Muslim. These are the values I teach my children and they will hand on to theirs.
John Calvin (1509–1564) French Protestant reformer
Page 33.
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551)
U Thant (1909–1974) 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations
Portfolio for Peace (1968), p. 92
Context: Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
“In our anger and emotion, our fellow Americans must treat each other with respect”
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2001, Islam is Peace (September 2001)
Context: America counts millions of Muslims amongst our citizens, and Muslims make an incredibly valuable contribution to our country. Muslims are doctors, lawyers, law professors, members of the military, entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, moms, and dads, and they need to be treated with respect. In our anger and emotion, our fellow Americans must treat each other with respect.
Hillary Clinton (1947) American politician, senator, Secretary of State, First Lady
Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016), Speech in Reno, Nevada (August 25, 2016)