Behalf Quotes - Page 4

• In each of us, there lies a divine connection to a power more powerful than hate or violence. Today is the day to attune to that power and use it on behalf of peace on earth.

  Marianne Williamson

  Powerful, Hate, Lying

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• This is American leadership at its best: We stand with people who fight for their own freedom, and we rally other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity.

  Barack Obama

  Islamic, Fighting, Safe Haven

  Statement by the President on ISIL, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 10, 2014.

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• I dare not so honor my mere wishes and prayers as to put them for a moment beside your noble acts; but this know, I would rather submit to the worst of deaths, so far as pain goes, than have a single dog or cat tortured on the pretence of sparing me a twinge or two.

  Robert Browning

  Dog, Pain, Cat

  "The Complete Works of Robert Browning: The Agamemnon of Æschylus, La Saisiaz, etc".

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• There is something within me that might be illusion as it is often case with young delighted people, but if I would be fortunate to achieve some of my ideals, it would be on the behalf of the whole of humanity. If those hopes would become fulfilled, the most exciting thought would be that it is a deed of a Serb.

  Nikola Tesla

  People, Humanity, Would Be

  Address at the Belgrade train station, June 1, 1892.

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• For a novelist, it’s kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture. That said, I’m in a unique position to speak on behalf of Afghanistan on certain issues that I feel are important, particularly the issue of Afghan refugees.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Unique, Issues, Important

  "Khaled Hosseini, Kabul’s Splendid Son". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. May, 2009.

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• On behalf of Major League Baseball, I am terribly saddened by the sudden passing of Kirby Puckett. He was a Hall of Famer in every sense of the term. He was revered throughout the country and will be remembered wherever the game is played. Kirby was taken from us much too soon - and too quickly.

  Bud Selig

  Baseball, Country, Taken

  "Baseball great Kirby Puckett dies", edition.cnn.com. March 7, 2006.

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• Let us remember, there is One who daily records all we do for Him, and sees more beauty in His servants' work than His servants do themselves... And then shall His faithful witnesses discover, to their wonder and surprise, that there never was a word spoken on their Master's behalf, which does not receive a reward.

  J. C. Ryle

  Faithful, Doe, Records

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of Matthew”, p.97, Editora Dracaena

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• The State is the sum total of the sacrifice, on its behalf, of its members.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Sacrifice, States, Members

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

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• Yesterday, two firefighters with the Florida Division of Forestry were killed while working on the Blue Ribbon Fire in Florida. On behalf of the 3,500 firefighters on the Wallow Fire and all of us in the firefighting community, our heartfelt condolences go out to their families and their co-workers. “If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor those who make it their professional business to put it out?

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Condolences, Fire, Florida

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• Though your experience may indicate that God has forgotten you or has left you alone, He is on your side. He is the God of grace, and He is actively working on your behalf.

  John Townsend

  Your Side, Grace, May

  John Townsend (2012). “Where Is God?: Finding His Presence, Purpose and Power in Difficult Times”, p.22, Thomas Nelson

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• It is with all these qualities that we must stand before God and intervene on behalf of those who do not have them, as though clothed with someone else's garmentBut even before men we must, with the same love, render them service against their detractors and those who are violent toward them; for this is what Christ did for us.

  Martin Luther

  Education, Men, Quality

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• There is no lobbying interest on behalf of a low-paid worker. Nobody. Nobody represents them, yet somebody obviously represents Wal-Mart in Washington and McDonald's in Washington.

  Leo Hindery

  Mcdonalds, Lobbying, Lows

  "Former CEO: There Is No One Representing Low-Wage Workers". HuffPost Live Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 26, 2014.

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• Thus in this oneness Jesus Christ is the Mediator, the Reconciler, between God and man. Thus He comes forward to MAN on behalf of GOD calling for and awakening faith, love and hope, and to GOD on behalf of MAN, representing man, making satisfaction and interceding. Thus He attests and guarantees to God's free GRACE and at the same time attests and guarantees to God man's free GRATITUDE.

  Karl Barth

  Gratitude, Jesus, Men

  Karl Barth (1960). “The Humanity of God”, p.47, Westminster John Knox Press

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• It's just like calling homosexuals 'gays.' Gay means happy! You know, it's just to try to dilute it so that it becomes socially acceptable, and if you say anything against homosexual marriage or anything - 'Oh, you're not tolerant.' So we're supposed to prostitute our principles, on behalf of tolerance.

  Ted Cruz

  Mean, Gay, Homosexual Marriage

  "The 68 Most Controversial Things Ted Cruz's Dad Has Ever Said" by Ilan Ben-Meir, Andrew Kaczynski, Megan Apper, www.buzzfeed.com. March 23, 2015.

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• Some of Donald Trump's gifts that obviously allowed him to execute one of the biggest political upsets in history, those are ones that hopefully he will put to good use on behalf of all the American people.

  Barack Obama

  People, Political, Upset

  Source: time.com

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• We have been very effectively pacified by the pernicious ideology of a consumer society that is centered on the cult of the self - an undiluted hedonism and narcissism. That has become a very effective way to divert our attention while the country is reconfigured into a kind of neofeudalism, with a rapacious oligarchic elite and an anemic government that no longer is able to intercede on behalf of citizens but cravenly serves the interests of the oligarchy itself.

  Chris Hedges

  Country, Self, Government

  Interview with David Barsamian, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. July 14, 2011.

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• It is fair to say, Bernie Sanders, that in your definition, as you being the self-proclaimed gatekeeper for progressivism, I don't know anyone else who fits that definition, but I know a lot of really hard fighting progressives in the Democratic party who have stood up time, and time again against special interests, against the powerful on behalf of those who are left behind and left out.

  Hillary Clinton

  Powerful, Party, Fighting

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• On behalf of the American people, just let me say that we are proud to count Greece as one of our closest allies and one of our greatest friends.

  Barack Obama

  People, Proud, Allies

  Source: time.com

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• I regard the state of which I am a citizen as a public utility, like the organization that supplies me with water, gas, and electricity. I feel that it is my civic duty to pay my taxes as well as my other bills, and that it is my moral duty to make an honest declaration of my income to the income tax authorities. But I do not feel that I and my fellow citizens have a religious duty to sacrifice our lives in war on behalf of our own state, and, a fortiori, I do not feel that we have an obligation or a right to kill and maim citizens of other states or to devastate their land.

  Arnold J. Toynbee

  Religious, War, Sacrifice

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• It would be wrong to say that the city of Berlin is not regulated. What I think is more interesting is to what extent a city creates a sort of safe haven for its users, so that people feel confident that the city works on their behalf.

  Olafur Eliasson

  Safe Haven, Thinking, Cities

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I do have things I would like to see adopted on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people: they include the right to marry the individual of our choice; the right to serve in the military to defend our country; and the right to a job based solely on our own qualifications. I acknowledge that this is an agenda, but I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating people's rights to get married, join the army, and earn a living as a terribly inspiring revolutionary platform.

  Barney Frank

  Country, Jobs, Military

  Barney Frank's Statement on the Inclusion of people who are Transgender in Antidiscrimination Protection Legislation, March 2008.

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• While I can't promise you that I'm going to be a perfect candidate and I can't promise you that I'm not going to make mistakes, I can unequivocally promise you that no one, no one, will work harder on your behalf, no one will fight harder with you and no one will make you more proud.

  Alexi Giannoulias

  Mistake, Hard Work, Fighting

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• Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States that it is my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interest - the interests of the white and of the colored people both and equally and to put forth my best efforts in behalf of a civil policy which will forever wipe out in our political affairs the color line and the distinction between North and South, to the end that we may have not merely a united North or a united South, but a united country.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Country, Color, Best Effort

  Inaugural Address, en.wikisource.org. March 05, 1877.

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• Unless the Arab states give Israel formal recognition, within secure, recognised and mutually agreed boundaries, as a permanent feature of the geography and politics of the Middle East. But if Israel is to obtain this recognition, she must, in a settlement, put an end to the territorial occupation which she has maintained since the war of 1967; the nine members of the European Community have declared that this is an essential element in a settlement. On behalf of the British Government I underline that need today.

  Anthony Crosland

  War, Government, Israel

  Speech to the UN General Assembly, October 5, 1976.

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• There are few people who define the word, 'rock star' better than U2's Bono. He's revered the world over not just for leading one of the biggest bands ever, but for his very public work on behalf of the underprivileged in Africa.

  Daryn Kagan

  Stars, Rocks, People

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