"Do me wrong, honey, if you wanna to You can do me wrong honey, while I'm gone But all I'm asking Is for a little resp…"

"My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."

"The born leader is a fiction invented by 'born followers'. Leadership is not a gift at birth; it is an award for grow…"

"I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; I have a total irr…"

"RESPECTABILITY, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account."

"I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself."

"I don't give a shit who says what. If the muthaf--a is wrong, he's wrong. ... In this country, authority is a cover f…"

"The man who attempted to retain for himself land or goods, or who fenced off a portion of the common ground and—like …"

"Self-respect permeates every aspect of your existence. If you don't have respect for yourself, you're not gonna get i…"

"I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university."