Behalf Quotes

The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality. (Talcott Parsons)
Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. View quote
William Cobbett
The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. View quote
John Updike
People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors. View quote
George Eliot
That's the duty of the old,” said the Librarian, "to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old. View quote
Philip Pullman
Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. View quote
Ambrose Bierce
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. View quote
George Orwell
Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. View quote
Hillary Clinton
When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals. View quote
Clara Zetkin
We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the Universe. View quote
Jerome K. Jerome
I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: Today we are all Americans - in grief, as in defiance. (Benjamin Netanyahu)
I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters. View quote
Ben Stiller
Reason ... contradicts the established order of men and things on behalf of existing societal forces that reveal the irrational character of this order - for "rational” is a mode of thought and action which is geared to reduce ignorance, destruction, brutality, and oppression. View quote
Herbert Marcuse
Though your experience may indicate that God has forgotten you or has left you alone, He is on your side. He is the God of grace, and He is actively working on your behalf. View quote
John Townsend
You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so. View quote
Jean-Marie Le Pen
For at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols. View quote
Aldous Huxley
Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people. View quote
John Major
No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone. View quote
Martha Beck
Clearly you need a new team to go out to bat on your behalf; to fight for your rights and to report back to you personally and to the leadership of the IFP. View quote
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state. View quote
Michael K. Simpson
Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity. (Vartan Gregorian)
I set about fifty-five years ago (1927) to see what a penniless, unknown human individual with a dependent wife and newborn child might be able to do effectively on behalf of all humanity... View quote
Buckminster Fuller
I venture on assuring you that I regard the design formed by you and your friends with sincere interest, and in particular wish well to all the efforts you may make on behalf of individual freedom and independence as opposed to what is termed Collectivism. View quote
William Ewart Gladstone
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. View quote
W. H. Auden
I've kind of fallen out of love with politics. ... Whatever experience and talents I've gained over the years - I think it may well be that the highest and best use of that is to try to bring enough awareness of the solutions to the climate crisis and enough of a sense of urgency that we come together across party lines on behalf of our children. View quote
Al Gore