To be deliberately thrashed seemed to him to be a mortal insult to his dignity as an intelligent and self-respecting person.

Masarwa children being brought into an ordinary person's house and allowed to live there was something no self-respecting person would do.

I don't know any self-respecting Disabled person who uses "Handicapable" or "Handicapped".

The next day, every house was visited by a team of women who explained why all decent, self-respecting persons would vote only for Polaney.

When I told a friend I was preparing this confessional, he offered a word of caution: "No self-respecting black person would ever admit to that in public."

The sewing job Mrs. Fanning wants so badly pays $35 to $40 a week, which, as she points out, is a salary no self-respecting young person would accept.

"Why would any self-respecting person allow this to go out when it's clearly not true?"

What self-respecting person wears Tommy Hilfiger jeans-in three different colors, no less?

Ryan could certainly respect his feelings, sympathize with them as it happened - so would any other self-respecting person.