Quotes about Respect

Democracy requires us to recognize others' rights even when we fundamentally disagree with them. It requires a civility in which I respect a person's ultimate worth and seek to persuade but not to coerce. For this reason modern democracy grew out of Christian soil.

I can never figure out how to have a friendly conversation with someone when my main point is that they are going to Hell.

Democracy requires us to recognize others' rights even when we fundamentally disagree with them. It requires a civility in which I respect a person's ultimate worth and seek to persuade but not to coerce.

Democracy requires us to recognize others' rights even when we fundamentally disagree with them. It requires a civility in which I respect a person's ultimate worth and seek to persuade but not to coerce. For this reason modern democracy grew out of Christian soil. We must exercise the skill of ethical surgeons in deciding which moral principles apply to society at large and how best to apply them.

As a Christian, my main concern is not to downgrade others' beliefs but to examine my own.

The issue is not whether I agree with someone but rather how I treat someone with whom I profoundly disagree.

Jesus' prayers for Peter — and perhaps for Judas as well — express God's unfathomable respect for human freedom.

We Christians are called to use the "weapons of grace," which means treating even our opponents with love and respect.

Democracy requires us to recognize others' rights even when we fundamentally disagree with them.

It makes a huge difference whether I treat a nonbeliever as someone who is wrong rather than as someone who is on the way but lost.

A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

Authentically Me I will accept and celebrate my uniqueness, and will esteem and encourage the distinctions I admire in others.