Quotes About Uphold

My task is changed: not to uphold the law, or another law, but to maintain the skin that keeps law in place. Two laws in two places, in fact.

People are weary of politicians who make promises they are either unwilling or unable to keep. Society longs for statesmen but it gets politicians. Statesmen are leaders who uphold what is right regardless of the popularity of the position. Statesmen speak out to achieve good for their people, not to win votes. Statesmen promote the general good rather than regional or personal self-interest.

said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year, "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown." And he replied, "Go out into the darkness, and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better than light, and safer than a known way." Ã¢â'¬â"¢* May that Almighty Hand guide and uphold us all.57

In terms of having to uphold something, I don't need any added pressure. I need to be free in the work.

Elected federal officials take an oath to uphold the Constitution. When they aren't held strictly to that oath, we have that anarchy we see metastasizing around us.

When active duty ends, we have an obligation to uphold our own pledge: a pledge to ensure that every veteran receives the care and benefits they deserve.

Because I don't believe that it's really desirable to have security on a computer, I shouldn't be willing to help uphold the security regime.

They are there to uphold the law. There are still good men in this country.

Vermont will continue to uphold the laws of our State and nation, but we will not be forced to take any action that we believe violates Constitutional rights, or infringes upon the rights of Vermont as a sovereign state.

If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education.

Let me say this: I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that, you have to go in with a neutral mind.

We don't have to understand or agree with other people's decisions in order to respect and uphold the worthiness of their lives.

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I have sworn to uphold the Constitution ... and a free press is absolutely vital to the freedom of this country.

First love yourself, then respect shall follow. Next don't worry so much on who will love you now but concentrate on the fact that as long as you uphold the love and respect that whoever does will be worth the wait.

The future of a movement is conditioned by the fanaticism, yes, the intolerance, with which its adherents uphold it as the sole correct movement, and push it past other formations of a similar sort.

what Paul means in chapter 3 when, after he has thrown out the works of the law, he sounds as though the wants to abolish the law by faith. No, he says, we uphold the law through faith

I happen to think the relationship between the police and society is drifting out of balance. The police have forgotten that they are there only by invitation, while society has forgotten that because it chooses the laws which regulate it, it has a responsibility to uphold them. The relationship should be mutually supportive.

And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.

In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.

My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.

Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.