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)
“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)
“People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbours.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)