Uphold Quotes
159 quotes by 138 authors
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The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security Council to uphold…
— Anna Lindh
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We need a reform of the Security Council. It must be perceived as truly representative by all the 191 member states, to uphold the credibility…
— Anna Lindh
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It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and to think himself bound to uphold it and to claim…
— Charles Dickens
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Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with…
— Kofi Annan
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The central objective in decolonising the African mind is to overthrow the authority which alien traditions exercise over the African. This demands the dismantling of…
— Chinweizu Ibekwe
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The imbalance results from ideologies which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation, and thus deny the right of control to States, which…
— Pope Francis
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May the Lord be with us at all times, under all circumstances; may he bring into our lives a burning desire to uphold the Constitution,…
— J. Reuben Clark
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If there is trouble in the country, neither I nor my people made it, and all that we have ever done, after much endurance on…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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I believe this nation hungers for a spiritual revival; hungers to once again see honor placed above political expediency; to see government once again the…
— Ronald Reagan
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To attempt to enumerate the complicated variety of mischiefs in the whole system of the social economy, which proceed from a neglect of the maxims…
— Alexander Hamilton
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In our relationships we need to uphold that aspect of the person which is the real person and the soul beyond their own self-doubt.
— Vilayat Inayat Khan
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Democracy cannot breathe, indeed will die, if those enjoined to protect it and uphold the laws snuff it out - with no consequences.
— Marian Wright Edelman
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So long as human history continues, we will face the perennial challenge of realizing, maintaining and strengthening peace through dialogue, of making dialogue the sure…
— Daisaku Ikeda
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Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Mystery is part of each life, and maybe it is healthier to uphold it than to spend a lifetime in search of half-made answers.
— Linda Hogan
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I'm grateful for believing in a religion that can naturally adapt to changing times yet uphold timeless values and principles.
— Nouman Ali Khan
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I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books . Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the…
— Barack Obama
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I ask you to uphold the values of America and remember why so many have come here. We're in a fight for our principles, and…
— George W. Bush
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In a world threatened by a famine of righteousness and spiritual starvation, we have been commanded to sustain the prophet. As we give heed to,…
— Carol F. McConkie
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Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no underlying philosophy to uphold them, and revert to realism.
— Marguerite Young
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