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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian. -- E. Stanley Jones
This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine. -- Caleb Cushing
If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end. -- Herbert Hoover
The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld. -- Bill Gates
I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people. -- John Shelby Spong
Looking back, I am ashamed that I have not always upheld the values that I profess and believe in. -- Sean Brady
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America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world. -- John Doolittle
The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld. -- Michael Newdow
The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld. -- Dorothy Thompson
If the provisions of the constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned. -- George Sutherland
A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary that will do that. -- Michael Newdow
We are insisting and we will continue to insist that this faith of the church must continue to be upheld come rain, come fire. That is our position. -- Peter Akinola
The choice of personnel, perhaps the most important choice (because 'people are policy'), never proceeds according to plan, but there have been some successful transitions that upheld high standards. -- Richard V. Allen
I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people. -- Desmond Tutu
President Bush has a record of cutting taxes, has provided a prescription drug benefit for seniors, has upheld the Second Amendment and remains committed to stopping liberal activists judges who are redefining marriage. -- Bill Shuster
When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, Sarah Palin tweeted, 'Obama lies; freedom dies.' She's referring, I guess, to the freedom to go without health care when you're sick. -- Richard Trumka
If giving points to some students to achieve greater diversity is a quota system in violation of the Constitution, how can the awarding of points to the children of a less diverse alumni be upheld? -- Adam Schiff
The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day. -- James Callaghan
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No secular state ever existed and none would exist until the end of the French Revolution, and so we understand that America was built on the Judeo-Christian ethic and we believe that this nominee is going to see to it that those truths are upheld. -- Rod Parsley
Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships. -- Rick Santorum
No matter how convinced we are that someone is nasty, evil or just plain criminal, if they have not been convicted of any crime and support views that are upheld and defended by many law-abiding citizens, the only way to tackle them is through democratic debate. -- Julian Baggini
It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach. -- Pratibha Patil
To cherish others is to cherish ourselves. To cherish ourselves is to cherish others. And in that same way, we relate to the truth. If we support it, if we embrace it, if we uphold it, we will be embraced by it, we will be supported and upheld by it. -- Sharon Salzberg
Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens. -- King Felipe VI
Nature is upheld by antagonism. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Apparently, myths become truths if upheld long enough. -- Eric Chaisson
I want justice to be upheld. I want all-out diplomacy. -- Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
The country's honor must be upheld at home and abroad. -- Theodore Roosevelt
I think that banning sanctuary cities should be upheld in court. -- Greg Abbott
I think the Constitution has been upheld. I think they made the right decision. -- Michael Newdow
The appearance of the law must be upheld - especially when it's being broken. -- Boss Tweed
The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let him who wants a true church cling to the Word by which everything is upheld. -- Martin Luther
Where would his torture be, indeed, if at every step the hope of succeeding upheld him? -- Albert Camus
Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it... -- Gautama Buddha
Nature is upheld by antagonism. Passions, resistance, danger, are educators. We acquire the strength we have overcome. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
No art can conquer the people alone-the people are conquered by an ideal of life upheld by authority. -- William Butler Yeats
America's highest economic need is higher ethical standards -- enforced by strict laws and upheld by responsible business leaders. -- George W. Bush
Under most circumstances that would result in disqualification. If the rules of golf are upheld, I believe he should have been disqualified. -- Steve Williams
What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress. -- Serge Lang
We respect law, when the law respects our needs. Whenever legality clashes with morality, legality should be opposed and morality should be upheld. -- Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
We are each of us like our little blue planet, hung in black space, upheld by nothing but our mutual reassurances, our loving lies. -- John Updike
We will take all appropriate actions based on the results of the investigation to ensure that the integrity and values of the SeaWorld organization are upheld. -- Joel Manby
I believe in the Constitution. The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld. -- Michael Newdow
I have watched constantly that in our work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld, whether my productions deal with fable or with stories of living action. -- Walt Disney
The right to life is guaranteed to all Americans in the Declaration of Independence, and ensuring this is upheld is the Constitutional duty of all members of Congress. -- Rand Paul
Surely tis by faith we are upheld thro such trials-justice will be meted in time to those who fill soft places and malign men who perform heroic duties -- Elizabeth Blair Lee
The Who is now a brand, not a band; but it is a brand that is upheld by its audience, not an industry or a cynical moneymaking machine. -- Pete Townshend
Racism is an effect of slavery, not the other way around. Once slavery was abolished, not only did racism not disappear, neither did the economic system it upheld. -- Sarah Churchwell
I have lived long enough to know what I did not at one time believe--that no society can be upheld in happiness and honor without the sentiment of religion. -- Pierre-Simon Laplace
But the warriors true, the brave of heart Who valiently upheld the right They are raised on high to the velvet sky Bringing light to the darkness of night -- Brian Jacques
...Since 1775 the United States Marines have upheld a fine tradition of service to their country. They are doing so today. I am confident they will continue to do so. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democracy, loudly upheld as a cure for much of the ailing world, has proved no guarantor of political wisdom, even if it remains the least bad form of government. -- Pankaj Mishra
Either we are adrift in chaos or we are individuals, created, loved, upheld and placed purposefully, exactly where we are. Can you believe that? Can you trust God for that? -- Elisabeth Elliot
Either we are adrift in chaos or we are individuals, created, loved, upheld and placed purposefully, exactly where we are. Can you believe that? Can you trust God for that~? -- Elisabeth Elliot
Absolute justice demands that mens incomes and rewards should ... vary, and that some have more than others-so long as human justice is upheld by the provision of equal opportunity for all. -- Sayyid Qutb
All thoughtful persons perceive that the ideas of the morality of sexual relations upheld by the religions and laws of the Western nations are in our time undergoing a radical transformation. -- Ellen Key
Fly to the Catholic Church! Adhere to the only faith which continues to exist from the beginning, that faith which was preached by Paul and is upheld by the Chair of Peter. -- Hippolytus of Rome
I believe sans serif typefaces - today upheld as models of neutrality and legibility - were called "Grotesques" in the 19th century because people thought they were hideous. But now we're used to them. -- Michael Bierut
Gradually the conviction gained recognition that all knowledge about things is exclusively a working-over of the raw material furnished by the senses. ... Galileo and Hume first upheld this principle with full clarity and decisiveness. -- Albert Einstein
She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] rejected the [George] Bush administration's claim that it could indefinitely detain a United States citizen. She upheld the fundamental principle of judicial review over the exercise of government power. -- Patrick Leahy
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. -- Horace Mann
It was the first rent in the holy image of my father, it was the first fissure in the columns that had upheld my childhood, which every individual must destroy before he can become himself. -- Hermann Hesse

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