#behalf

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. ↗

— George Orwell

#beds #behalf #men #night #only

I'm prepared to fight as hard as I can against unions entering the University on behalf of our students. ↗

— Ruth J. Simmons

#behalf #entering #fight #hard #i

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy. ↗

— David Simon

#anger #behalf #deserving #empathy #good

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#behalf #crime #demand #direct #forgiveness

During my six years with them Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director) constantly supported me and, I have no doubt, fought many battles on my behalf to keep the initially controversial programme going. ↗

— James W. Black

#behalf #constantly #controversial #director #doubt

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity. ↗

— Vartan Gregorian

#behalf #fragments #humanity #keep #libraries

I have tried at every point to seek God's wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#business #decisions #every #god #him

I think I would like to go into modelling. Of course, I don't know how to do it, and wouldn't be any good at it if I did, so I'm going to employ someone to walk the catwalks on my behalf. It would still be me, of course. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#behalf #course #did #employ #go

As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest continuing culture in human history. On behalf of the Australian Parliament, this year I offered an apology to indigenous Australians for the wrongs they had suffered in the past. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#also #apology #australia #australian #australians

You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so. ↗

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

#cannot #mandate #nation #speak #you