Behalf Quotes - Page 15

• While the Constitution is what the judges say it is, a public issue is something that Walter Cronkite or John Chancellor recognizes as such. The media by themselves do not make the decisions, but on behalf of themselves and larger interests they certify what is or is not on the nation's agenda.

  Fred W. Friendly

  Issues, Media, Judging

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• Look at what I've done my entire life. I have been working on behalf of civil rights, women's rights, human rights for years and I know how challenging it is to change our political system and I have the highest regard for those who have put themselves on the line.

  Hillary Clinton

  Rights, Years, Political

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I am not going to advocate ... the abandoning of the improved modes of travel; but I am going to brag as lustily as I can on behalf of the pedestrian, and show how all the shining angels second and accompany the man who goes afoot, while all the dark spirits are ever looking out for a chance to ride.

  John Burroughs

  Angel, Dark, Men

  John Burroughs (1875). “Winter Sunshine”, p.34

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• ... the country deserves us to be willing to compromise on behalf of the greater good.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Compromise, Greater Good

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• I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in behalf of the conservative position.

  William F. Buckley, Jr.

  Reality, Conservative, Always Believe

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• Sith Nature thus gave her the praise,
  To be the chiefest work she wrought,
  In faith, methink, some better ways
  On your behalf might well be sought,
  Than to compare, as ye have done,
  To match the candle with the sun.

  Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

  Beauty, Done, Sith

  Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (Illustrated)”, p.45, Delphi Classics

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• My precious brothers and sisters, I come to you today speaking on behalf of Christ, His love and His mercy for us all. Jesus came to set the captives free. And He Himself said that whoever the Son sets free, is free indeed . . . We love you with Christ's love, unconditionally and always.

  K.P. Yohannan

  Jesus, Brother, Love You

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• Young people are not raw material to be employed by the political class on behalf of whatever fashionable political, military, or social cause catches its fancy. In a free society, their lives are not the playthings of government.

  Ron Paul

  Military, Government, Class

  "The Revolution: A Manifesto". Book by Ron Paul, 2008.

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

  George Eliot

  Silly, Writing, People

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• A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really stands in their place. He is not an isolated individual, but incorporates the selves of several people in his own self.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Children, Father, Struggle

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• When we write about our lives we respond to them. As we respond to them we are rendered more fluid, more centered, more agile on our own behalf. We are tendered conscious.

  Julia Cameron

  Writing, Conscious, Fluid

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• Netscape was able to get the government working on its behalf.

  Bill Gates

  Government, Able

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• The real test of one's belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one's friends but of one's enemies.

  Clement Attlee

  Real, Enemy, Tests

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• Really proud of it. A great campaign. And I'm really pleased with the organization and the thousands of South Carolinians that worked on my behalf. And I'm very gracious and humbled.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Organization, Political

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• Some land surveyors delve into land development advocacy, working with local government on behalf of clients in order to facilitate progress on a project. Others stick to strictly surveying. The approach depends on the individual firm and the needs of the local area.

  Mark Mason

  Order, Land, Government

  "Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Land Surveyor". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. December 10, 2015.

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

  Lark Voorhies

  Worry, Reason Why, No Worries

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• Democrats don't resent the rich on behalf of the poor. They resent the rich on behalf of the government.

  Ann Coulter

  Government, Rich, Poor

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• Donald Verrilli has argued 37 cases in five years on behalf of the [Barak] Obama administration. Many of them turned out to be truly landmark cases. He is the seventh-longest-serving solicitor general in American history.

  Dahlia Lithwick

  Years, Administration, American History

  Source: www.slate.com

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• We will have gone from men telling us condescendingly to not bother our pretty little heads about important things like politics, to not bothering our pretty little heads without even being told not to! The suffragettes struggled and suffered so much on our behalf; what a travesty of everything they stood for, if we simply look away as though we can't be bothered.

  Marianne Williamson

  Men, Important, Looks

  "SISTER GIANT: Consciousness and Politics". Interview with Gabrielle Bernstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2012.

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• I'm arguing for progressive positions on behalf of a progressive administration in front of a court who, before Justice [Antonin] Scalia's death, had a conservative majority that was quite conservative, frankly.

  Donald Verrilli Jr.

  Justice, Majority, Administration

  "Farewell to the General". Interview with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 28, 2016.

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• The genius of the tradition as it has developed in America is the unique combination of giving and voluntary service in behalf of independent organizations and institutions devoted to the public interest.

  Robert L. Payton

  Independent, Unique, Organization

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• Spiritual warfare is the unseen battle God wages on your behalf.

  Jim George

  Spiritual, Battle, Unseen

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• I definitely think men can be leaders. I see an analogy in the case of what helped me think about racism, which was to find parallels with sexism. In other words, I don't think I was such a great ally until I got mad on my own behalf.

  Gloria Steinem

  Men, Thinking, Racism

  Interview with Jennifer Bardi, thehumanist.com. August 14, 2012.

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• I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement.

  Rachel Dolezal

  Law, Justice, Enforcement

  "Former NAACP leader in Washington state could face firing from police panel". www.businessinsider.com. June 18, 2015.

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• Both men and women react negatively when women negotiate on their own behalf. A man can just negotiate: "I have a better offer. That's not enough to make my family's ends meet." No one feels bad about it. But when a woman does that, there's a backlash.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Men, Doe, My Family

  Source: www.glamour.com

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