Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. George Orwell
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable. Will Rogers
Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. Voltaire
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. John Kenneth Galbraith
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. Louis D. Brandeis