Behalf Quotes

390 quotes by 345 authors

The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on… — Talcott Parsons
The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain that I am… — Evita Peron
That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety… — Philip Pullman
India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability. — Samantha Power
I think I would like to go into modelling. Of course, I don't know how to do it, and wouldn't be any good at it… — Terry Pratchett
Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is… — Dennis Prager
As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest continuing… — Kevin Rudd
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment… — Michael K. Simpson
The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some… — John Updike
I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me doing another one… — Julie Walters
The appearance in nineteenth-century psychiatry, jurisprudence, and literature of a whole series of discourses on the species and subspecies of homosexuality, inversion, pederasty, and "psychic… — Michel Foucault
Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain. — Tullian Tchividjian
Ron's indignation on his behalf was worth about a hundred points to him. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The idea that you might end up in a job that doesn't allow you to be who you are, over the course of a lifetime,… — Miranda July
If thou hadst thy will what wouldst thou reserve?" said Manwe. "Of all thy realm what dost thou hold dearest?" All have their worth," said… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of… — Elizabeth Gaskell
When we are born, when we enter this world, it is as if we signed a pact for the rest of our life, but a… — Jose Saramago
The bravest soldiers aren't unafraid, but they're the ones who are able to harness their fear on behalf of courage. — Jane Fonda
..And the same rapper who revels in a woman's finely proportioned behind may also speak against racism and on behalf of the poor, even as… — Michael Eric Dyson
I regard it (the Constitution) as the work of the purest patriots and wisest statesman that ever existed, aided by the smiles of a benign… — Daniel Webster

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