Respectability in this country was a bad word because people did things who were in respected professions that let down the entire nation, and we're washing away their sins yet.
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My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That's what I mean by respectability.
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.
Respect? The people supporting illegals don't know the meaning of the word.
True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with it if you tell them, clearly and civility, why you think they are totally, utterly and disastrously wrong.
Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the Middle Ages, and the historical novel is often seen as the unwanted stepchild in the fictional family. I know even more about respect - or the lack thereof - because I live in New Jersey.
We are in really bad shape as a country. We are not respected around the world. We are not respected in our own country.
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.
People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost.
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