Famous quotes containing the word behalf:
“Pray. To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
“People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbours.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
“After having exhausted all the arguments on behalf of evil, one utters the creed’s dictums with nostalgia rather than with fervor.”
—Joseph Brodsky (b. 1940)