The only way to have "equal respect" is to have respect divorced from
behavior and performance---which is to say, to have the word "respect" lose
its meaning. One can dispense self-esteem as the Wizard of Oz dispensed
substitutes for heart, courage, and brains. But printing any currency
promiscuously destroys its value and there is no reason to doubt that the
same principle applies to the currency of respect. -- Thomas
Sowell, "The Quest for Cosmic Justice"
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