Rudolph Rocker Quotes

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.

I believe no matter who you are, respect yourself, respect others.

The one who fights back retains his dignity and his self-respect.

Don't ask for respect. Earn it.

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

You cannot let people come up in your face and stop you.

I'm not a minority: I'm a majority of one. We all are. To call someone a minority, you give them baggage, of not being full, or not being seen as full. All of us need to be seen as full human beings.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

All people have dignity. There's nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit.

You have to defend your honor. And your family.

You can be sexy, but respect yourself and make sure you get that respect.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

I think everyone deserves dignity.

Movements begin when oppressed people make - and keep remaking - a deeply inward decision to stop consenting to external demands that contradict a critical inner truth, the truth that they are worthy of respect.

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

I hope I'm worthy in my dying. I hope I can maintain myself - that I wouldn't become pathetic and needy, and the worst part of myself come out in adversity. But I'm not afraid of it. It'd be such a silly thing to do! To ruin the life you have by fearing its ending.

When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.

I cannot do the piece-of-talking-meat thing, the 'Here's your money, wear a pretty dress and take the cheque.' I'm not made that way. I have to be as good as I can be at whatever I do.

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.