A Quote by John Shelby Spong

I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.

John Shelby Spong

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John Shelby Spong
American - Priest
Born: June 16, 1931

Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it.

Gautama Buddha

I want justice to be upheld. I want all-out diplomacy.

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

We all want and need the rule of law to be upheld.

Rohini Nilekani

Partial-birth abortion, I think that's going to be upheld. I think that ban is going to be upheld. I think it should be. And I think, as long as there's provision for the life of the mother, then that's something that should be done.

Rudy Giuliani

If the law does not give you what you want, you can oppose the law, you can work to change the law, but you cannot ignore the law. So it is fundamental that the constitutions of every one of our member states are upheld and respected.

Frans Timmermans

No art can conquer the people alone-the people are conquered by an ideal of life upheld by authority.

William Butler Yeats

I don't want to expose my personal life. It's best that people know me for my work. My family doesn't want to be surrounded by cameras. We want to live like any other family.

A. R. Rahman

Nature is upheld by antagonism.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Andrade had a large reputation to uphold because of his rich family heritage in Mexico, and he upheld that reputation because of my management behind the scenes.

Zelina Vega

I don't think I am any different from other people. I have the same dreams. I want a family. I want a house. A car. Why shouldn't I want that? Everybody does. And when I have it, I want it all to work.

Erlend Loe

Freedom is not simply the circumstances that allow you to do whatever you want. Freedom is not only the opportunity to choose. Freedom is the strength of character to choose and to do what is right. With that in mind, our age is not an age of freedom, but an age of slavery. It is subtle, but it is real. The foundation of freedom is not power or choice. Freedom is upheld not by men and women in government, but by people who govern themselves.

Matthew Kelly

The country's honor must be upheld at home and abroad.

Theodore Roosevelt

The appearance of the law must be upheld - especially when it's being broken.

Boss Tweed

People talk about Thatcherism all the time. I felt it was important to record the memories of those almost written out of history who upheld the spirit of '45.

Ken Loach

Rules that are not stringently upheld are more likely to get broken.

Will Hurd

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