“I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.”“- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.” Related Quotes “People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.”– David Duchovny “I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.”– Kenneth Robert Livingstone “Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.”– Friedrich Nietzsche