Upheld Quotes

If the provisions of the constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned.

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.

The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

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.

When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.

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.

To increase aid to the Pakistan government when religious freedom is not upheld is tantamount to an anti-Christian foreign policy.

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.

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.

What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.

And we made decisions on each of those matters which were ultimately upheld by the courts.

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?

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.

In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a basic human right, is not upheld in our midst as widely and as completely as it should be.

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.

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.

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.

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

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.

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.

The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.