"Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect." ― George Bancroft Topic(s): Respect More From George Bancroft "By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy." "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." "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." More In Respect "We need to respect choices that women make."― Ann Romney "We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living."― Davy Crockett "I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."― Lyndon B. Johnson