Word: respecting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...came out with more respect for De Gaulle's motives than I had ever had before," he wrote. "I'm not so sure that in the long run De Gaulle will prove to be finally wrong...
...hour donation to a Southern filibuster-stirring memories of 1935 and Huey's 15½-hour symphony of constitutional law, back-home stories and recipes for fried oysters-Russell was soon engaged in what seemed to be a campaign to prove that a Long could be responsible and respectable. Now, at 44. Russell finds himself with 14 years of seniority, a hard-won reputation for effectiveness, and the prospect of being one of the Senate's most powerful members. He has kept his coat on and his English pure, but in at least one respect he remains...
...country, with her tinted sky, her varied contours, her fertile soil, our fields full of fine corn and vines and livestock, our industry, our gifts of initiative, adaptation and self-respect, make us, above all others, a race created for brilliant deeds...
Glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her. (1934) It was by acting as the inflexible champion of the nation and the state that it was possible for me to gather the consent, even the enthusiasm, of the French, and to win from foreigners respect and consideration. Those who were offended by this intransigence were unwilling to see that for me the slightest wavering would have brought collapse. Limited and alone though I was, I had to climb to the heights and never then to come down. (1940, describing his wartime leadership) Every man of action...
...company is like a vote of approval, having nothing, or very little, to do with earning capacity. Similarly, to sell a stock is an act of contempt." This is why widows are often reluctant to sell stock that their husbands purchased. "It is not that they develop a sudden respect for his judgment-a respect never manifest in his lifetime. It is that they liked him in spite of his poor judgment, and are reluctant to break the personal ties...