Sentence examples for mere respect from inspiring English sources

They were received with something more than mere respect.

In Vanni, a region that has been bypassed by time, Mr Prabhakaran commands a Führer's awe rather than the mere respect accorded to ordinary leaders.But Mr Prabhakaran is striking democratic poses.

This is why a crucial task of those fighting for emancipation today is to move beyond mere respect for others towards a positive emancipatory Leitkultur that alone can sustain an authentic coexistence and immixing of different cultures.

Strongly held faiths are exhibits in liberalism's museum; we appreciate them, and we congratulate ourselves for affording them a space, but should one of them ask of us more than we are prepared to give -- ask for deference rather than mere respect -- it will be met with the barrage of platitudinous arguments that for the last week have filled the pages of every newspaper in the country.

The result is a state religion that has no rational foundations, a mere "respect for ecclesiastics" that involves adulation and mysteries but no true worship of God.

Mr. Butler said he could not let down his idea of the people. of America so far as to believe they, would from mere respect to the Convention adopt a plan evidently unjust.

It's not that their mere possession demands respect, but that they enable their possessors to form relationships of which mutual respect is an integral part.

Those of us who are standing on the shoulders of giants shouldn't try to wrestle with them; only giants can wrestle with giants, and adaptation, if it's any good, is no mere mark of respect but an active and dangerous contention, an assertion and self-assertion that is as brave and as daring as it is potentially catastrophic.

The only way to break out of this deadlock is to move beyond mere tolerance or respect of others to a common struggle.

Wouldn't President Washington remind us that it is our birthright as a nation to be inclusive, to live beyond mere tolerance in respect and acceptance of others regardless of faith and background?

The founders of our nation and the crafters of our amendments were, while exceptional in many respects, mere mortals prone to error, misjudgment and the inability to predict the future.