Sanctity Quotes

• Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God, as can be your own.

  William E. Gladstone

  God, Home, Humble

  1879 Speech at Edinburgh Foresters' Hall, during the Midlothian Campaign, 26 Nov.

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• There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.

  James A. Baldwin

  Funny, Uplifting, Baby

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• Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.

  George W. Bush

  Sanctity Of Marriage, Nations

  Third Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 20 January 2004

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• They are preserving the sanctity of marriage, so that two gay men who've been together for twenty-five years can't get married, but a guy can still get drunk in Vegas and marry a hooker at the Elvis chapel! The sanctity of marriage is saved!

  Lea DeLaria

  Gay, Men, Vegas

  "Box Lunch". Comedy album by Lea DeLaria, May 5, 1997.

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• In the 21st Century I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound, awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion.

  Kofi Annan

  Believe, Race, Profound

  Kofi Annan's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2001.

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• A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.

  Frederick William Robertson

  Wise, Men, Honor

  Frederick William Robertson (1873). “Sermons Preached at Brighton”, p.403

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• To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.

  William Hazlitt

  Race, Ridiculous, Virtue

  William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.486

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• Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.

  Orrin Hatch

  Death, Punishment, Political

  "The Cassell Dictionary of Regrettable Quotations". Book by David Milsted, 1999.

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• The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.

  Emma Goldman

  Change, Men, Diversity

  Emma Goldman (2003). “My Disillusionment in Russia”, p.261, Courier Corporation

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• Stem cell research must be carried out in an ethical manner in a way that respects the sanctity of human life.

  John Boehner

  Cells, Research, Way

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• That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage.

  Jesse Helms

  Abortion, Would Be, Sanctity Of Marriage

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• The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought.

  Henry Waxman

  Respect, Military, Pay

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• Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.

  Jeremiah

  Baby, Religious Studies, Pro Life

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• I believe in the sanctity of marriage.

  Sam Brownback

  Believe, Sanctity Of Marriage, I Believe

  "Sen. Sam Brownback's Politics of Faith". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel and Michelle Norris, www.npr.org. February 9, 2006.

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• Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.

  Saadi

  Saint, Famous Last Words, Shows

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• I wonder what the High Septon would have to say about the sanctity of oaths sworn while dead drunk, chained to a wall, with a sword pressed to your chest?

  George R. R. Martin

  Wall, Drunk, Wonder

  George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three”, p.37, Bantam

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• These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We're making a big deal out of things we shouldn't be making a deal out of. hey go on and on with all this bullshit about "sanctity"—don't give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.

  Clint Eastwood

  Gay, People, Giving

  "The Leo Tapes". Interview with Mark Harris, www.gq.com. October 8, 2011.

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• To me representing clairvoyance, how was I going to achieve that, how I was going to capture that? For me, it all became about her gaze and the way she takes you in. It's a rhythmic thing and a stillness thing to consider but these are little details, little nuances. We were invited to the sanctity of her home and there were roosters running around and she's screaming, "Jackie, be quiet!" Even though she's in the middle of the thing. And these are the details that we wanted to incorporate into our story.

  Vera Farmiga

  Running, Home, Stories

  "Vera Farmiga and Paranormal Investigator Lorraine Warren Talk THE CONJURING, the Nature of Evil, Their Relationship, and More". Interview by Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. July 17, 2013.

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• I respect the courts, but the Supreme Court is only that - the supreme of the courts. It is not the supreme being. It cannot overrule God. When it comes to prayer, when it comes to life, and when it comes to the sanctity of marriage, the court cannot change what God has created.

  Mike Huckabee

  Life, Change, Prayer

  "Mike Huckabee: The Supreme Court can't overrule God" by Ashley Killough, edition.cnn.com. April 30, 2015.

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• The recognition of the sanctity of the life of every man is the first and only basis of all morality.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Men, Firsts, Recognition

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• For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Mean, Self

  Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.31, New Directions Publishing

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• Creation is thus God's presence in creatures. The Greek Orthodox theologian Philip Sherrard has written that "Creation is nothing less than the manifestation of God's hidden Being." This means that we and all other creatures live by a sanctity that is inexpressibly intimate, for to every creature, the gift of life is a portion of the breath and spirit of God. (pg. 308, Christianity and the Survival of Creation)

  Wendell Berry

  Mean, Greek, Survival

  Wendell Berry (2003). “The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry”, p.308, Counterpoint

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• In this way, his unhappy soul struggled with its anguish. Eighteen hundred years before this unfortunate man, the mysterious Being, in whom all the sanctities and all the sufferings of humanity come together, He too, while the olive trees trembled in the fierce breath of the Infinite, had brushed away the fearful cup that appeared before him, streaming with shadow and running over with darkness, in the star-filled depths. (pg. 236)

  Victor Hugo

  Running, Stars, Men

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• And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion.

  Mitt Romney

  Class, America, Honor

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• Together, we will protect the sanctity of life, ensuring early next Congress that no federal funds are used for abortion.

  Fred Upton

  Abortion, Together, Next

  "Upton hits right tone to win gavel" by Darren Samuelsohn, www.politico.com. December 07, 2010.

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