3 quotes
Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.
George Bernard ShawPolitical language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
George OrwellUnless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable – even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.
Alexander Hamilton