Behalf Quotes · Page 3

If a fellow wants to be nobody in the business world, let him neglect sending the mailman to somebody on his behalf.

— Charles Kettering

I was a heart surgeon before I came to Congress, and I've worked many holidays on behalf of my patients.

— Larry Bucshon

“What is more powerful than the love of a mother? Perhaps only God's hand in answering her earnest pleadings on your behalf.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on…

— John Major

We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

— George W. Bush

Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.

— Barbara Deming

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.

— Vartan Gregorian

Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather devoted to it.

— John McCarthy

We should know at least the broad strokes of the powers that the government's claiming in our name, and using allegedly, on…

— Edward Snowden

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider…

— William Cobbett

As a physician, I know that human life begins with fertilization, and I remain committed to ending abortion in all stages of…

— Paul Broun

Every single dollar spent lobbying a legislator on behalf of oil and gas is a toxic dollar that undermines public health and…

— Josh Fox

There's a very big difference between negotiating to borrow billions of dollars on behalf of MCA and negotiating to borrow 28 cents…

— Sidney Sheinberg

We completely condemn this very dangerous attack, and I convey my condolences to the American people, to the American president and to…

— Yasser Arafat

Thus we use our supposed "knowledge" of others to speak on their behalf, and condemn them for their words we ourselves put…

— Margaret George

Woman--with a capital letter--should by now have ceased to be a specialty. There should be no more need of "movements" on her…

— Mary Virginia Terhune

I did not go to the Supreme Court on behalf of a class of women. I wasn't pursuing any legal remedy to…

— Norma McCorvey

The Houston Contractors Association is proud to endorse Council Member Oliver Pennington for re-election to Houston City Council. Council Member Pennington understands…

— Jeffrey Nielsen

We have to speak out now on behalf of our community and on behalf of the land and say they're the same…

— Terry Tempest Williams

The market economy is the social system of the division of labor under private ownership of the means of production. Everybody acts…

— Ludwig von Mises

If you were to ask any children of any politician, when you've been part of a political life, you are not on…

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

Shocked to learn of the serious attacks against certain areas in New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, which caused…

— Jiang Zemin

I have come to light the lamp of Love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added…

— Sathya Sai Baba

I have seen firsthand how injustice gets overlooked when the victims are powerless or vulnerable, when they have no one to speak…

— Desmond Tutu

Jesus has borne the death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder! There He hang upon the cross!

— Charles Spurgeon

Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted.

— Frank R. Wolf

The worst service, I fancy, that anyone can do for truth, is to set silly people writing on its behalf.

— George Eliot

My mother was very involved with Cesar Chavez's work on behalf of the migrant farm workers in California.

— Caitlin Flanagan

The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.

— Ralph Nader

Ron's indignation on his behalf was worth about a hundred points to him.

— Anonymous

It is not our task to secure the triumph of truth, but merely to fight on its behalf.

— Blaise Pascal

Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.

— Bernadette Peters

I have no worries myself, nor do I exude or possess within my living stratus any reason why someone should worry [on]…

— Lark Voorhies

Donald Trump is speaking on behalf of the White House, of the executive branch of the United States. Credibility matters.

— Jonathan Karl

I've actually done events at radio stations where I feel like I've had to give a little talk in behalf of television…

— Ira Glass

Simply be who you are, do what you do best, be where you are called by joy, and let life work its…

— Alan Cohen

You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so.

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

There is no substitute for your impassioned prayers on behalf of your children

— Jim George

Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.

— George Orwell