Myranda Uphold Quotes

It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a crook. ~ Jed S. Rakoff

We lie to reflect the aspirational goals that we unconsciously know we will not uphold. ~ Cortney S. Warren

As priests uphold their people in prayer, so their people are to uphold them with prayer and love, for he cannot work without his people. ~ Arthur Middleton

I'm fulfilling my calling when I seek to uphold righteousness in all spheres of life ~ Sunday Adelaja

When I came here, I put my hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. I didn't put my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible. ~ Jesse Jackson

They unlike their deceitful brothers, uphold the laws of our realm. ~ Candace Knoebel

In an ideal world, both parties would desire to uphold the Constitution, ~ Ben Carson

Blissfully unaware of the beautiful tradition they'd been chosen to uphold. ~ Tom Perrotta

23. A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. ~ Anonymous

A man who can't uphold his beliefs is pathetic dead or alive - Hajime Saito ~ Nobuhiro Watsuki

How could he uphold the law when that law upheld injustice? ~ Ian Bassingthwaighte

Honor is the only code we uphold and I would die for it. ~ Jessica Leake

One cannot uphold, and withstand other's conduct if it has a lack of self-control. ~ Ehsan Sehgal

This isn't just a job. This is a service profession. We uphold the law, babe.
Ranger ~ Janet Evanovich

Our government spies and lies. Those trusted to uphold and enforce the law use it to their advantage instead. ~ Patricia Cornwell

We are no longer so lacking in fantasy as to uphold the existence of a god. ~ Carl Einstein

I still have a purblind academic image to uphold. I can't afford to let reality get in the way of my opinions. ~ George Olney

There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold. ~ Abby Wambach

Perhaps there is no greater way for Jesus to uphold the dignity of the poor than by choosing to be poor himself. ~ Scott Sauls

But experiments went for nothing,-dualism had sworn to uphold its position. ~ Auguste Laurent

I don't do normal. I have a reputation to uphold. (Thwonk) ~ Joan Bauer

You have a reputation to uphold. Ask me that once more, and I might think you care about me. ~ Kait Ballenger

I want to mirror your image in its fullest perfection. Never be blind or too old to uphold your weighty wavering reflection ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

I labor, I spend, I strive, I design, I love, I cling, I uphold, I give way, I envy, I long, I scorn, I die, I hide, I want. ~ Saul Bellow

My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law. ~ Arthur Conan Doyle

Just know that the achievement of anything grand takes consistent effort year after year. Motivation can uphold you intermittently, but it has too few calories to sustain a life. ~ Chris Matakas

A woman who admires a man who is bold and brave should learn how to uphold her prestige, decency and grace. ~ Anyaele Sam Chiyson

May we uphold God's grace, goodness and goodwill. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

That cannot be a true religion which needs carnal weapons to uphold it. ~ Roger Williams

To preserve one notion of goodness and righteousness you destroy another. To uphold one principle you sacrifice another. ~ Krishna Udayasankar

We must begin to reclaim the lives we thirst for - and stop reinforcing the tyranny we were dictated. The structure we uphold is the one that will prevail. ~ Trista Hendren

A brainy person does not abuse copyright; instead they respect it and uphold it. ~ Maximillian Degenerez

Anybody who has traveled this far on a fool's errand," said Salo, "has no choice but to uphold the honor of fools by completing the errand. ~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

I will only vote to confirm a nominee for attorney general who is truly independent and who will guarantee reforms that restore and uphold the Constitution. ~ Christopher Dodd

What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of cynics. ~ Albert Einstein

Laws are commanded to hold their tongues among arms; and tribunals fall to the ground with the peace they are no longer able to uphold. ~ Edmund Burke

Honor is not a thing to dismiss or forgotten but a thing to uphold at all time". ~ Abdulazeez Henry Musa

He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Washington has openly declared its right to unilateral use of force anywhere to uphold its own interests. ~ Sergei Lavrov

Intellectuals are not defined according to the jobs they do, but [by] the manner in which they act, the way they see themselves, and the values that they uphold. ~ Frank Furedi

As New York's chief law enforcement officer, I have taken a hard line against those in state government who abuse the law they have sworn to uphold. ~ Eric Schneiderman

To uphold a tenet that contradicts reason is to undermine one's credibility. To contradict empirical evidence is a still greater fallacy. ~ The 14th Dalai Lama

Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other time. ~ Mark Twain

Will a nominee embrace and uphold the essential meaning of the four words inscribed above the entrance of the Supreme Court building: Equal justice under law? ~ Edward Kennedy

I thought of going to Law, feeling sure that, as the Husband in the matter, any court in the land would uphold my right to decide the use and purpose of that land. ~ Anonymous

Communicated in the right way, Judeo-Christian philosophy and the religions that uphold it bind a citizenry together in pursuit of a just and generous society. ~ Bill O'Reilly

If you believe in others and give them a positive reputation to uphold, you can help them to become better than they think they are. ~ John C. Maxwell

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

Tolerated individuals will always be those who deviate from the norm, never those who uphold it, but they will also be further articulated as (deviant) individuals through the very discourse of tolerance. ~ Wendy Brown

11. p Cast me not away from your presence, and take not q your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. ~ Anonymous

Baseball is not life. It is a fiction, a metaphor. And a ballplayer is a man who agrees to uphold that metaphor as though lives were at stake. ~ David James Duncan

Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it. ~ Blaise Pascal

What I intend to do is uphold a standard of intellectual seriousness on the right. [These books] should be written in a way that they are serious, soberly argued, well researched, and make a respectable case-agree or disagree. ~ Adam Bellow

Maybe you're not so bad after all.'
He leant across the seat, jabbing his finger in the air. 'If you tell anyone, I'll deny it. I have a reputation to uphold, you know. ~ Catherine Doyle

We are sworn to uphold the Constitution and law. And it has to be consistent and agreed upon with three branches of government - one can't overrule the other two. ~ Mike Huckabee

We have to bake labor provisions into the core of an agreement. TPP would do that. Under NAFTA, countries had to simply promise to uphold the laws of their own nations. ~ Thomas Perez

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

As disciples of Christ, we have a sacred obligation to uphold His laws and commandments and the covenants which we take upon ourselves. ~ Robert D. Hales

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, ~ Martin Luther

A relationship built on lies and trickery will not last; only truthfulness can uphold a relationship ~ Idowu Koyenikan

When you're elected to Congress, you take a vow to uphold the Constitution and its system of checks and balances. That vow doesn't say, 'Unless it's politically uncomfortable.' ~ Chellie Pingree

Together with this outrage we may take the mutilation of the novel called The Search at the exact point where the author upholds, or appears for the moment to uphold, the doctrine that loyalty to the abstract truth must override all personal considerations; ~ Dorothy L. Sayers

I take very seriously my responsibility as Secretary-General to make sure that the United Nations is doing everything it can to uphold the universal prohibition on the use of chemical weapons. ~ Ban Ki-moon

I'm sworn to uphold his laws. Saying that you killed someone because they annoyed you isn't codified as acceptable, by those laws, anywhere I'm aware of."
"You are clearly not looking carefully enough. ~ Michelle Sagara West

Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence and accountability. ~ John Cornyn

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

If this were the time or the place to uphold a paradox, I am half inclined to state that Norfolk is one of the most beautiful of counties. ~ Virginia Woolf

Supposed I don't want to redeem myself? Why should I fight to uphold the system that cast me out? I shall take pleasure in seeing it smashed. ~ Margaret Mitchell

When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American people. ~ John O. Brennan

Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold. ~ Jay Weatherill

If we don't uphold our Constitution and our values, that over time that will make us less safe. And that will be a recruitment tool for organizations like al-Qaida. That's what I've gotta keep my eye on. ~ Barack Obama

I am so thankful I had the strength and promises of a loving God to guide my choices and decisions, and to uphold me through the unbelievably dark days and times of overwhelming sorrow. ~ Zig Ziglar

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 are themselves charged with providing for the common good. ~ Pope Francis

There is no dispute: Jacob Zuma has ripped the society and state to shreds. He swore at his inauguration to be faithful to our country and that he would observe, uphold and maintain our beautiful Constitution. It was all bullshit. ~ Jacques Pauw

Like other countries in the world, China must uphold its own sovereignty, territorial integrity and development interests. At the same time, we are willing to properly handle differences and disagreements in state-to-state relations. ~ Hu Jintao

I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war. ~ Franklin Pierce

Love has many eyes to seek the lost,
many ears to hear the weeping,
many hands to uphold the poor,
and many feet to visit the sick. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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. ~ Adolf Hitler

The purpose of the FBI is not to support one side. The purpose of the FBI is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution. ~ Andrew G. McCabe

The human voice is still the most paramount vessel or weapon to use, to uphold justice and to protest against injustice. ~ Sunday Adelaja

It is only by giving our very best to the present; we will uphold the timeless future. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The court's job is to uphold the Constitution and you don't call that off in times of crisis. Would the framers have allowed this practice? ~ Antonin Scalia

Pray always, that you may come off conqueror; yea, that you may conquer Satan, and that you may escape the hands of the servants of Satan that do uphold his work. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

We have a revolutionary history to honor and uphold. Which was what Nelson Mandela did. He reminded us of that which we need to be reminded, over and over again, about our own best selves. ~ Charlie Pierce

Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. ~ Anonymous

The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all - he must fight to uphold it, unceasingly. ~ Albert Camus

I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world. ~ William Hague

What's important to me now is to uphold my good name and achieve a fair court decision - the past cannot be recovered anyway. ~ Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Attending that Convention and talking with those people and many others convinced me that I should become a blogger in my efforts to reform the government and uphold the integrity of the Constitution and the laws made in furtherance thereof. ~ John Jay Hooker

Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party. ~ Barbara Jordan

The internal peace of every country depends upon the knowledge that force is available to uphold law. ~ Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey Of Fallodon

When we love children, we acknowledge by our every action that they are not property, that they have rights - that we respect and uphold their rights. ~ Bell Hooks

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. ~ Richard Stallman

I think we need to grow in our self-assurance that is not scared of being challenged, that the truth we uphold can stand up to the closest possible scrutiny. ~ Desmond Tutu

It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman. ~ Pope John Paul II

Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences. ~ Madeleine Albright

O Heavenly Children, you chant God's name but you have forgotten him. He does not want your verses, or the coins from your purses, but for you to love and embrace each other. To uphold truth, justice and peace - and to respect your father and mother, fellow sisters and brothers. ~ Suzy Kassem

Move your personal investments and retirement funds to socially responsible investment (SRI) funds that support only those corporations that uphold higher standards of behavior. Returns on SRI funds are usually equal to, if not better than, many of the well-known traditional mutual funds. ~ Simon Mainwaring

Pastor Saeed Abedini is coming home. Held for three and a half years, his unyielding faith has inspired people around the world in the global fight to uphold freedom of religion. Now Pastor Abedini will return to his church and community in Idaho. ~ Barack Obama

The force of uprightness must baffle the weak. And unpleasant colossal notes are written to dying institutions in small primes. Take a dying institution holding on to prime and within sight of an individual able to tell the rude truth and uphold it, the dying institution will not stand ~ Dew Platt