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Obviously, I'll keep fighting to uphold the Constitution. -- Michael Newdow
We need a president who is willing to uphold the law. -- Ted Cruz
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself. -- Thomas More
A brainy person does not abuse copyright; instead they respect it and uphold it. -- Maximillian Degenerez
I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it. -- Andrew Johnson
Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called. -- Bill Shuster
There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold. -- Henry David Thoreau
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out. -- Anne Frank
The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals. -- Alfred North Whitehead
I know I'm not a woman's fantasy man; I don't have to uphold this image of male beauty, so that's kind of a relief in a way. -- Steve Carell
The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security Council to uphold international peace and stability. -- Anna Lindh
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
The queen and I always got on well, still do; I uphold everything Her Majesty represents, has given up her life for. It's her duty. For her country, she's selfless to the grave. -- Sarah Ferguson
We must uphold the fighting of tigers and flies at the same time, resolutely investigating law-breaking cases of leading officials and also earnestly resolving the unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems which happen all around people. -- Xi Jinping
Financial institutions, the corporate world and civil society - all must uphold high standards of probity in their working. Only a genuine partnership between the Government and its people can bring about positive change to create a just society. -- Pratibha Patil
I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. 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
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
We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good. -- Barbara Jordan
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
There is not one single police officer in America that I am not afraid of and not one that I would trust to tell the truth or obey the laws they are sworn to uphold. I do not believe they protect me in any way. -- Henry Rollins
As members of Congress, we take an oath to uphold the Constitution and bear true faith and allegiance to the United States, not the Republican or Democratic party. I have been willing to stand up to my own leadership when it's in the national interest. -- Jackie Speier
Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation. -- Robin Hayes
The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time. -- Ban Ki-moon
President Ronald Reagan used to speak of the Soviet constitution, and he noted that it purported to grant wonderful rights of all sorts to people. But those rights were empty promises, because that system did not have an independent judiciary to uphold the rule of law and enforce those rights. -- John Roberts
And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples. -- Barack Obama
When you do 'Before Sunset,' you know while it's a limited audience, there was a very small group of people that love 'Before Sunrise.' You feel a certain pressure to make sure that you uphold a level of quality that has been a bar. You set a bar and you have to at least match it. -- Ethan Hawke
My Jesus, if you uphold me, I shall not fall. -- Philip Neri
I don't do normal. I have a reputation to uphold. (Thwonk) -- Joan Bauer
One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none. -- Charles de Lint
But experiments went for nothing,-dualism had sworn to uphold its position. -- Auguste Laurent
We depend on the Supreme Court to uphold the integrity of our government. -- Frank Lautenberg
That cannot be a true religion which needs carnal weapons to uphold it. -- Roger Williams
There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold. -- Abby Wambach
It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman. -- Pope John Paul II
My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law. -- Arthur Conan Doyle
Every American, including our president, represents that we uphold the highest ideals of the world. -- Mike Pence
We lie to reflect the aspirational goals that we unconsciously know we will not uphold. -- Cortney S. Warren
A man who can't uphold his beliefs is pathetic dead or alive - Hajime Saito -- Nobuhiro Watsuki
It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a crook. -- Jed S. Rakoff
We are no longer so lacking in fantasy as to uphold the existence of a god. -- Carl Einstein
What's stronger-the need to uphold the law, or the motive to turn one's back on it? -- Jodi Picoult
This isn't just a job. This is a service profession. We uphold the law, babe." Ranger -- Janet Evanovich
It is only by giving our very best to the present; we will uphold the timeless future. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
The internal peace of every country depends upon the knowledge that force is available to uphold law. -- Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
Washington has openly declared its right to unilateral use of force anywhere to uphold its own interests. -- Sergei Lavrov
Principles are meant to serve people, not people serving to uphold the principle, while harming the people. -- Shannon L. Alder
My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance. -- Victoria Moran
Style is about the choices you make to create the aspects of civilization that you wish to uphold. -- David Bowie
Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold. -- Jay Weatherill
I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war. -- Franklin Pierce
I'm grateful for believing in a religion that can naturally adapt to changing times yet uphold timeless values and principles. -- Nouman Ali Khan
I have sworn to uphold the Constitution ... and a free press is absolutely vital to the freedom of this country. -- Peter Pace
I wish to reiterate solemnly China's continued firm support to Pakistan in its efforts to uphold independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. -- Li Keqiang
In terms of having to uphold something, I don't need any added pressure. I need to be free in the work. -- Sonja Sohn
Marriage equality is the law of the land. Officials should be held to their duty to uphold the law-end of story. -- Hillary Clinton
Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it. -- Blaise Pascal
It is so much easier to extol the virtues of civility than to talk civilly about the virtues we need to uphold. -- Amitai Etzioni
Chick-fil-A is not welcome in New York City as long as the company's president continues to uphold and promote his discriminatory views. -- Christine Quinn
For what I get paid to get into the ring, I owe it to my fans to uphold the institution of sportsmanship. -- Mike Tyson
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
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
A police officer wears a uniform. They're sworn to uphold the law. They're public servants. And they should not be above the law. -- Marc Morial
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
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
Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family. -- Ronald Reagan
The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them. -- John Rawls
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
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
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
In our relationships we need to uphold that aspect of the person which is the real person and the soul beyond their own self-doubt. -- Vilayat Inayat Khan
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
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
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
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[Louis] Brandeis is often painted as an acolyte of judicial restraint, or the view that judges should uphold laws whether or not they like them. -- Jeffrey Rosen
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
We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech -- because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth. -- Barack Obama
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
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
All political institutions are manifestations and materializations of power; they petrify and decay as soon as the living power of the people ceases to uphold them. -- Hannah Arendt
You've got to create a dream. You've got to uphold the dream. If you can't, go back to the factory or go back to the desk. -- Eric Burdon
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 don't believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans aren't that desperate for victory. -- Margaret Chase Smith
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
Some have argued that the Christian notion of Scripture is not epistemologically sustainable. It's not philosophically possible with rigor to uphold the Christian understanding of Scripture. -- D. A. Carson
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
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
The question of international norms or international resolutions, you know, coming from Mr. Obama is not really about whether there are international norms or resolutions to uphold. -- Vijay Prashad
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
German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature. -- Pankaj Mishra
God grant me the serenity to accept that people are ignorant, the courage to uphold the law when I'm hostile, & the wisdom to realize that murder is illegal. -- Oscar Wilde
Yeah, I try to be the best example I can be for young girls just as far as my person goes - just to uphold a good image. -- Miranda Lambert
Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold. -- James Russell Lowell
We need a Supreme Court that in my opinion is going to uphold the Second Amendment, and all amendments, but the Second Amendment, which is under absolute siege. -- Donald Trump
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
An independent judiciary does not mean judges independent of the Constitution from which they derive their power or independent of the laws that they are sworn to uphold. -- Thomas Sowell
Truth is condemned as a trap; justice is jeered at; saints are harassed as social enemies. Hence this Incarnation has come to uphold the Truth and suppress the False. -- Sathya Sai Baba
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
The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, which screens its members and requires them to uphold a Canon of Ethics. -- Richard Curtis
Values are the guiding principles through which you make choices and decisions. They are influenced by your beliefs, and will help you uphold a higher standard of personal character. -- Archibald Marwizi
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
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
The purpose of dharma is to help your mind to expand, to grow, to clarify. It should uphold us and create an inner sense of peace, joy, and clarity. -- Tenzin Palmo
The United Nations World Charter for Nature, section 21, empowers any nongovernmental organisation or individual to uphold international conservation law in areas beyond national jurisdiction and specifically on the high seas. -- Paul Watson
I am ... willing to make it clear that American foreign policy must uphold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the cornerstone on which all relations between nations must rest. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
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
I feel that we have a responsibility to try to do everything we can to protect species, and the best way to do that is to uphold international conservation law. -- Paul Watson
Aye me, how many perils do enfoldThe righteous man, to make him daily fall?Were not, that heavenly grace doth him uphold,And steadfast truth acquite him out of all. -- Edmund Spenser
I do think Donald Trump is a fundamentally unstabilizing force and that the people who swore to uphold the Constitution are going to have to take some measures at some point. -- David Brooks
It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and to think himself bound to uphold it and to claim for it the respect it deserves -- Charles Dickens
To whom shall I hire myself out? What beast should I adore? What holy image is attacked? What hearts shall I break? What lies shall I uphold? In what blood tread? -- Arthur Rimbaud
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
An enormous number of people come to the USA legally and then simply overstay their visas because we make no effort to hold them accountable to that or uphold the law. -- Mike Pence
By the time it came to the 90s, the late 90s, being a businessman was the beacon to uphold. We've been having the concept of the best rapper equals the best businessman... -- M.I.A.
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. -- Bill Cosby
Things said by political parties are different from the decisions of the government which are taken to uphold the rule of law. The government takes decisions that are best for the country. -- Oscar Fernandes
Did I follow Truth wherever she led, And stand against the whole world for a cause, And uphold the weak against the strong? If I did I would be remembered among men... -- Edgar Lee Masters
I wish to become the greatest player in the world, i want to uphold the honor of India, the USA and of my coach and make basketball a prominent sport in India. -- Satnam Singh Bhamara
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 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

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