Upheld Quotes
74 quotes by 67 authors
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[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld otherwise than by…
— Algernon Sidney
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Truth, in its struggles for recognition, passes through four distinct stages. First, we say it is damnable, dangerous, disorderly, and will surely disrupt society. Second,…
— Elbert Hubbard
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As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for…
— Coretta Scott King
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I strongly object to the fact that so many newspapers have given the American public and the world the impression that I have only two…
— Muhammad Ali
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No, nothing is sacred. And even if there were to be something called sacred, we mere primates wouldn't be able to decide which book or…
— Christopher Hitchens
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No art can conquer the people alone-the people are conquered by an ideal of life upheld by authority.
— William Butler Yeats
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Sometimes doubting is not a lack of faith, but an expression of it. Sometimes to doubt is to merely insist that God be taken seriously…
— Mark Buchanan
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Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it...
— Gautama Buddha
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If a man really believes that God once upheld slavery; that he commanded soldiers to kill women and babes; that he believed in polygamy; that…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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I testify to you that God's hand has been in our destiny. I testify that freedom as we know it today is being threatened as…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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If giving points to some students to achieve greater diversity is a quota system in violation of the Constitution, how can the awarding of points…
— Adam Schiff
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The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do…
— James Callaghan
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President Bush has a record of cutting taxes, has provided a prescription drug benefit for seniors, has upheld the Second Amendment and remains committed to…
— Bill Shuster
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People must not attempt to impose their own 'truth' on others. The right to profess the truth must always be upheld, but not in a…
— Pope John Paul II
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When I left England, my hope of India's conversion was very strong; but amongst so many obstacles, it would die, unless upheld by God. Well,…
— William Carey
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If the provisions of the constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned.
— George Sutherland
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Apparently, myths become truths if upheld long enough.
— Eric Chaisson
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The appearance of the law must be upheld - especially when it's being broken.
— Boss Tweed
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The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious.…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Let him who wants a true church cling to the Word by which everything is upheld.
— Martin Luther
Who Wrote These Upheld Quotes
67 authors contributed a total of 74 Upheld Quotes, led by these top contributors: