with all due respect

Example Sentences

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"With all due respect to certain powers that would like to lecture us: in the France of the Enlightenment, free speech stops at antisemitism and racism," he said, in an apparent reference to the United States.

From Barron's

But, and I ask this with all due respect, is it too late to give this sequel a more clever title?

From Salon

With all due respect to the experts, how will they prevent fraud if their client remains unwilling to enact proven reforms to discourage it?

From The Wall Street Journal

"With all due respect to the Congress, when it reaches my desk, I will veto it," Lula told journalists last week, while acknowledging his veto could be overridden by the largely conservative Congress.

From BBC

"The issue of elections in Ukraine, I believe, depends first and foremost on our people, and this is a question for the people of Ukraine, not the people of other countries. With all due respect to our partners," he said.

From BBC