amour-propre

Respect is not fear and awe;

it...[is]the ability to see a person as he is,
to be aware of his unique individuality.

Respect, thus, implies the absence of *exploitation*.

I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me.
~Fromm~

I respect orders but I respect myself too and I do not obey to foolish rules made especially to humiliate me.

~Jean-Paul Sartre~

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

does not mean agreeing with foolishness
Or supporting falseness or nonsense
To Look like expertise
To suit an unreliable end
called Flattery
without Jurisprudence

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