Respected

Famous quotes containing the word respected:

“Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a certain degree.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“But what’s the good of freedom? What can you do with it? What one wants is to live well and have a beautiful house and be respected by people.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)

“The realization that he is white in a black country, and respected for it, is the turning point in the expatriate’s career. He can either forget it, or capitalize on it. Most choose the latter.”
—Paul Theroux (b. 1941)