"I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them." ― Charles de Gaulle Topic(s): Respect More From Charles de Gaulle "Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance." "It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge." "Old age is a shipwreck." More In Respect "The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance."― Maya Angelou "I don’t think socialism, and I don’t think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words."― Dave Matthews "Ninety-nine percent of people now call me The Hoff – and it’s out of respect."― David Hasselhoff