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  • I long for the Monday nights before he came along when the second I got hungry I could stand by the kitchen TV watching "The Bachelorette," while whumping down a salade nicoise. Susan Orlins: Dating After Divorce: What if I Meet a Guy I Like?
  • I stand by the statement I made earlier - there is no reason for the minister to resign.
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • He put his gittern into the stand by touch and knelt to blow the fire to flame. Oathblood
  • What Anvilhead supports is Bush, and bush has cost your country so anvilhead stand by your president as your doing and watch your country diminish into a third world countryand good cause the rest of the world is sick of america Think Progress » ‘This isn’t about the intel anymore.’
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  • She's not likely to stand by and tamely accept defeat.
  • A hunter-gatherer couple stand by an uprooted tree. Times, Sunday Times
  • So I stand by it as a testable hypothesis.
  • Or stand by to rescue you from fire and terror and stroke and dodgy drains. Times, Sunday Times
  • I stand by the statement I made earlier - there is no reason for the minister to resign.
  • I understand by your remark that you intend to leave the firm.
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • Too much time, too much energy, too much passion had he put into his battle to become the First Man in Rome, to stand by tamely and see the luster of his name dimmed by a precocious aristocrat who would come into his own when he, Gaius Marius, was too old or too dead to oppose him. The Grass Crown
  • English usage, especially when he substitutes congregation for church, and insists that the people understand by _church_ what they ought to understand. Early Theories of Translation
  • The Secretary of Defence has said that he would not stand by and let democracy be undermined.
  • When a standpat Republican politician abandons a lifetime of party regularity at 70 to come out in hearty praise of a Democratic President," the paper noted, "it is time for connoisseurs of the unusual to stand by and take notes. Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Upton Sinclair Fights Back Against Hollywood Scare Tactics
  • At lunch time I stand by myself in the playground cos none of the children will play with me and if I ask to play with them they say okay and then they ignore me.
  • He's perfectly happy, Mr Speaker, to stand by and allow his senior colleagues to traduce his reputation under Parliamentary privilege, Mr Speaker.
  • She's not likely to stand by and tamely accept defeat.
  • He says he'll stand by me but I still feel insecure about leaving my husband. The Sun
  • I stand by most of my articles (as a writer should) but am not afraid to admit when I have erred in judgement.
  • She went over to stand by the gorgeous dark-skinned woman, Uhura, and her own crewwoman Aidoann, while the captain, with occasional snickerings, read the document the lieutenant had brought him. Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages
  • Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else. Theodore Roosevelt 
  • Put newspaper on the floor, find a big bib, and stand by with sponges.
  • I'll always stand by you through thick and thin.
  • They were full of admiration for my get-up - which was my usual one of bazaar-ruffler - and Kavanaugh came up to me with absolute tears in his eyes and said I was the stoutest chap alive to stand by him in this. Fiancée
  • It takes anyone to stand by your side at your best. But it takes a special one to stand by your side at your worst.
  • You don't need someone to love in secret. We just stand by the river and feel sad when seeing the shadow in the water and thought that we r falling love with someone.
  • If, at the same time, we understand divine judgment as kenotic and eschatological, we will be driven to deny that anything we understand by judgment might represent it.
  • Cabin crew, please stand by for takeoff.
  • I firmly stand by my post. es Your Wrong, tumbo tells it as it is, Old Yank has a voice, as does all on ESB, get back to your real moniker arsehole! East Side Boxing
  • It is best to be up front and acknowledge to the person that we do not know what to say but that we want to stand by them just the same.
  • You don't need someone to love in secret. We just stand by the river and feel sad when seeing the shadow in the water and thought that we r falling love with someone.
  • A captain leans against the door, white smile against the sooty face of engineers behind him, while we stand by and understand his weird language, his pleas to crewmen for their boarding.
  • Idona, stand by to aid me just in case it does appear again.
  • May I depend on you to stand by me and my daughters, then , deer - slayer?
  • Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else. Theodore Roosevelt 
  • French Nation has contributed so much to civilization, and so much in art, beauty, and in great qualities, it is our duty to stand by France, and to prevent her being crushed by the oversexed, that is to say, overmasculine, country of Germany. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915
  • A doll hung over a chair and a toy soldier occupied the little stand by the bed.
  • Yet the organisation, with no dissent from the Executive or the Crown Office, continues to stand by its discredited experts.
  • I stand by every word - I really do think the Tories have made a stupid mistake, and that they still miss the point about what they need to do.
  • Likewise we recognize that pre-feminist homemakers were encouraged to stand by, and lie beneath, their men.
  • Skirts were starched so heavily they could stand by themselves.
  • This leaves Councils faced with the decision whether to stand by and watch the continuing decline of their towns or become involved in the provision of suitable housing.
  • One can only hope that they stand by these principles and do not waver in response to the allure of ongoing or improving deals with Algerian oil companies at the sacrifice of democratic ideals. Kathryn Cameron Porter: Change in Algeria Fundamental for Human Rights and Security
  • How can you stand by and let him treat his dog like that?
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God,[sentence dictionary] which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • I long for the Monday nights before he came along when the second I got hungry I could stand by the kitchen TV watching "The Bachelorette," while whumping down a salade nicoise. Susan Orlins: Dating After Divorce: What if I Meet a Guy I Like?
  • It would have been a mockery of the British way of life to stand by and let a man like him terrorise me on my own doorstep.
  • The chapter in which Terry tries to ensnare her cousin Freddie with a love potion is hilarious and could stand by itself as a satisfying piece of short fiction! Comic Relief in War Time
  • And what we are to understand by the word commandment, which is expressed indefinitely, we may see in what follows; namely, that it is the same thing with the law, "The law," says the apostle, The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI.
  • In those days, when we had no tickets for the game and no TV, we'd stand by the stadium and listen to the radio commentary.
  • On reflection whilst I stand by the thrust of that comment I would like to apologise for the intemperate use of words such as codswallop and and craven. Ben Stewart: An Apology
  • If the NASA people just stand by like ushers, how about doing it 'robotically'? Taking Space Exploration To The People - NASA Watch
  • The cabinet consideration of those matters is appropriate and I stand by it.
  • Lobsang Sangay, the recently elected prime minister of the exiled Tibetan government, said in an interview that while his administration didn't support self-immolation as a form of protest, it would stand by those who sacrificed their lives for the Tibetan freedom movement. Immolations Pressure Tibet Exile Leader
  • Now, master," shouted I, "put the helm up and lay him alongside -- there stand by with the grapplings -- one round the backstay the other through the chainplate there -- so, -- you have it. Tom Cringle's Log
  • Tiptoeing across the living room, Joyce took her stand by the table and called timidly, expectantly and awesomely: Joyce of the North Woods
  • Officers generally understand by the words "indefatigable," and The Authoritative Life of General William Booth
  • I'll always stand by you through thick and thin.
  • My notes say that it is "a cross between the song of the chewink and that of dickcissel," and I shall stand by that assertion until I find good reason to disown it -- should that time ever come. Birds of the Rockies
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • And be sure of this, that if we understood better the meaning of life, that it was all intended to be our road to God, and if we judged of things more from that point of view, we should less frequently be brought to stand by what we call the mysteries of Providence and more able to wring out of them all the rich honey which is stored in them all for us. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms
  • Mention of this substance is made in (Proverbs 25: 20) -- "and as vinegar upon nitre" -- and in (Jeremiah 2: 26) The article denoted is not that which we now understand by the term nitre i.e. nitrate of Potassa -- "saltpetre" -- but the nitrum of the Latins and the natron or native carbonate of soda of modern chemistry. Smith's Bible Dictionary
  • May I depend on you to stand by me and my daughters, then , deer - slayer?
  • Clocks made from computer parts, pulp novels and funky record sleeves tick away the slightly dusty afternoon to the somnolent beat of ‘Stand by Me.’
  • Of flint or silex, lime or calcareous earth, and clay or argil, in various degrees of combination, the greatest parts of the mountains and plains, and the whole of what we commonly understand by soil, mould, earth, &c. are composed. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.
  • Distrust and self-interest made them stand by as they routed one army after another.
  • I feel the generality of doctors is good and want to stand by the profession.
  • Stand by the bicycle, apply the front brake and try to push the bicycle forwards.
  • Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else. Theodore Roosevelt 
  • Tristram took the sea, and La Beale Isoud; and when they were in their cabin, it happed so that they were thirsty, and they saw a little flasket of gold stand by them, and it seemed by the colour and the taste that it was noble wine. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
  • We'll stand by you through thick and thin.
  • If we understand by the term cause the axiom that every change has an occasion, hence that every event is bound up with a number of conditions which when lacking in whole or in part would prevent the appearance of the event, while their presence would compel its appearance, then the whole business of the criminalist is the study of causes. Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students
  • The basic issue here is to stand by the biblical gospel.
  • Fifteen thousand men banded themselves together in London under an oath that they would stand by each other and by their leader; and FitzOsbert, after a vain journey to Normandy to arouse Richard's attention to the wrongs of his subjects, bade open defiance to the justiciar and his tax-gatherers. The Rise of the Democracy
  • I called the entire abortion problem a tragedy at the Princeton conference, and I stand by it. Dr. David P. Gushee: Abortion, American Culture And The Limits Of Law
  • His bloodline, if it had survived, would have redefined what we understand by the word "horse. GALILEE
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • Filkins shows us that black and white ideologies – political, moral or otherwise – may be easy to stand by in our comfortable, peaceful world, but they become much harder to proclaim from the other side of the world, in the grey heart of war. The Forever War: Summary and book reviews of The Forever War by Dexter Filkins.
  • Two blasts of the whistle fetches the watch out, and "Stand by topsail halyards," "In inner jib," sends one hand to one halyard, the midshipman of the watch to the other, and the rest on to foc'stle and to the jib downhaul. The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913
  • I wanted siblings who, for as much as they relished teasing me, would stand by me when the going got tough.
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • The only course on which he could determine, was to stand by the helm like a resolute pilot, watch every contingence, do his best to weather each reef and shoal, and commit the rest to heaven and his patroness. The Monastery
  • I stand by the box of sheet music from the twenties—bright three-color pictures of young lovers strolling in the park and spooning on porch swings, with titles like “A Moonlight Dance”, “Secret of Mine”, “At Sea in Your Eyes”—and wait. Pieces
  • The usual drill adopted by security staff, who are most uncomfortable with the situation, is to have one guard stand by the car while the registration number is called out over the centre's public address system.
  • Southeast Asian foreign ministers gave Myanmar's military-run government an "earful" while demanding that it hold free and fair elections - a rare stand by the cautious group often accused of overlooking rights abuses in member nations. ASEAN Urges Myanmar To Hold Free Election
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • And I said it at the beginning, I felt that these guys were getting scapegoated, and I absolutely stand by that.
  • That would involve, say, a rampaging mob destroying facilities owned by a foreign company while the police stand by looking on. Times, Sunday Times
  • I stand by the statement I made earlier - there is no reason for the minister to resign.
  • And in harmony with many of the postulators, he points to Catherine as a figure in contrast with the church he now rules: ‘What did she understand by renewal and reform of the church?’
  • I'll always stand by you through thick and thin.
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • The situation in the city centre is getting increasingly confused, and riot police have been told to stand by.
  • It struck me as he paused that I had made a rash promise, but nevertheless I must stand by it now — with one or two provisoes. Tales of all countries
  • You don't need someone to love in secret. We just stand by the river and feel sad when seeing the shadow in the water and thought that we r falling love with someone.
  • He was content to stand by as an impassive spectator.
  • It is certain, however, that in both East and West a stole, or orarium (orarion) which seems to have been in substance identical with what we now understand by the term, has been from an early period the distinctive attire of the deacon. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
  • The Cabinet is most likely to stand by its commitments concerning profit tax and gross income tax.
  • But it was really quite useful, since it alerted his audience to stand by for something unexpected.
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • We are people who stand by our friends at times of need and we will do so now.
  • To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
  • Jukes, in his "Excursions in and about Newfoundland," says, "A thin, short-haired black dog, belonging to George Harvey, came off to us to-day; this animal was of a breed very different from what we understand by the term Newfoundland dog in England. Anecdotes of Dogs
  • Now, if we understand by motive (elater animi) the subjective ground of determination of the will of a being whose reason does not necessarily conform to the objective law, by virtue of its own nature, then it will follow, first, that not motives can be attributed to the Divine will, and that the motives of the human will (as well as that of every created rational being) can never be anything else than the moral law, and consequently that the objective principle of determination must always and alone be also the subjectively sufficient determining principle of the action, if this is not merely to fulfil the letter of the law, without containing its spirit. The Critique of Practical Reason
  • She's not likely to stand by and tamely accept defeat.
  • I will not stand by and watch McCain contribute to the death and destruction of our young. Poll: Obama has edge over McCain
  • Cabin crew, please stand by for takeoff.
  • We have given long-standing support to comprehensive education and we stand by that.
  • You walk around them, because oak trees stand by themselves. Christianity Today
  • But when you get a power frequency overvoltage on top of it, products which are permanently on or on stand by mode may be endangered. What is the voltage in Morelia?
  • The Ion Cannon is approaching target orbit above Sarajevo. Please stand by for Ion Cannon control.
  • Social liberals cannot stand by and see this voice fade. Times, Sunday Times
  • Fair point, but I still stand by my argument: without a central bank and a built-in bail-out mechanism (Lender of Last Resort), and without countless other governmental gimmicks that facilitate the bailing-out of banking, I firmly believe fractional reserve banking would not exist. Matthew Yglesias » Macro Rap
  • You don't need someone to love in secret. We just stand by the river and feel sad when seeing the shadow in the water and thought that we r falling love with someone.
  • Nivir a word truer by song or by book, and stand by the text, say I. Pierre and His People, [Tales of the Far North], Complete
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • I stand by the statement I made earlier - there is no reason for the minister to resign.
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • He said he would stand by me, no matter what happened, and I must just keep my head up and try not to worrit myself. Sick Cycle Carousel
  • As was common enough in those days on American whaleships, nearly all the officers were relatives or connections by marriage, and were always ready to stand by the captain; in this instance the cooper was a brother of the second mate. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898
  • When a standpat Republican politician abandons a lifetime of party regularity at 70 to come out in hearty praise of a Democratic President," the paper noted, "it is time for connoisseurs of the unusual to stand by and take notes. Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Upton Sinclair Fights Back Against Hollywood Scare Tactics
  • For we can have no adequate idea of their duration (by the last Prop.), and this is what we must understand by the contingency and perishableness of things. The Ethics
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • Making millions of friends is not a miracle. The miracle is to make a friend who will stand by you when millions are against you.
  • Social liberals cannot stand by and see this voice fade. Times, Sunday Times
  • Normally, I would just stand by it and listen until it was beyond sight or hearing.
  • Our captain cries, "Stand by, my b'ys 'out of the ice we'll have to go! Come All Ye Jolly Ice-Hunters
  • ‘You do not dance any reels, Grace,’ Frank said, and he came to stand by her and placed gentle hands on her shoulders.
  • It is in a state of paralysis and people believe, people who are working this situation as I have been told by western diplomats, that this could head to a reignition of the '75 civil war, because the one million Sunnis there are not going to just stand by and say, here, Hezbollah, have the country. CNN Transcript May 13, 2008
  • She will stand by husband, despite reports that he sent another woman love notes.
  • She's not likely to stand by and tamely accept defeat.
  • We stand by and allow them to remove many democratically elected presidents from office and replace them with imperialist stooges.
  • You don't need someone to love in secret. We just stand by the river and feel sad when seeing the shadow in the water and thought that we r falling love with someone.
  • I stand by the comment as a broad generalisation, and I justify it on more than grounds of narrow personal prejudice.
  • A man doesn't stand by and watch another insult him.
  • So at the end of the day," he says as the sky darkens behind him over London, "I do stand by what you might describe as a Churchillian defense of the markets. 'A Churchillian Defense of the Markets'
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • He stood up and walked across the deck to stand by the chromium guard rail, looking down at her.
  • She went over to stand by the gorgeous dark-skinned woman, Uhura, and her own crewwoman Aidoann, while the Captain, with occasional snickerings, read the document the Lieutenant had brought him. My Enemy My Ally
  • I stand by my previous statements about how to effectuate changes in the political process. Think Progress » Palin Supports Creation Of Third Party: ‘That Can Be Part Of A Healthy Process’
  • It might exercise an able enigmatist to explain their allusions; for we must understand by "The Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
  • Or stand by to rescue you from fire and terror and stroke and dodgy drains. Times, Sunday Times
  • Meanwhile the promises made by the NPT's members to stand by the treaty will likewise count for nothing without the will to hold to account Iran, Syria and the others that may follow them.
  • We are to understand by the truly honourable that which, setting aside all consideration of utility, may be rightly praised in itself, exclusive of any prospect of reward or compensation.] [Footnote 15: This passage is very obscurely expressed, but the general meaning is clear: "Until endurance grow sinewed with action, and the full-grown will, circled through all experiences grow or become law, be identified with law, and commeasure perfect freedom". The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • Not liking the possibilities that notion engendered, the captain said, “Stand by, Lieutenant,” before tapping his combadge to initiate a new frequency. Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony
  • (_Synonym: _ Chafing.) #What do you understand by erythema intertrigo? Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine
  • How can you stand by and let him treat his dog like that?
  • A goal line stand by the home team held the visitors on the two yard line.
  • A flick of Neecer's finger sent the other Men of Truth to stand by the door, on guard.
  • You don't need someone to love in secret. We just stand by the river and feel sad when seeing the shadow in the water and thought that we r falling love with someone.
  • Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else. Theodore Roosevelt 
  • Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else. Theodore Roosevelt 
  • We will not stand by silently watching the destruction of the country and the people.
  • He hoped that with the ironclad guarantees incorporated in the Constitution, the Services would resolutely stand by the Constitution and the law even under the most trying circumstances.
  • Many people stand by and get embarrassed, but the more people who address what they see the better. Times, Sunday Times
  • Stand by the cairn and the reward is more than fair.
  • I stand by the luggage carousel waiting for my suitcase and a very large cardboard box.
  • Hyacinth and Narcissus stand by, wan and sere.
  • She also swears to learn all Korean dishes in Dae Jang Geum. So she orders me to stand by the TV and record any details of Jang Geum's cooking.
  • I will not stand by and watch American businesses fail because of unfair trading practices abroad.
  • It would be easy to wonder: is this what modern "moll"-ism looks like – cancelling Facebook, stopping Tweeting, stifling the modern confessional urge, to stand by your man, even if he isn't your man any more? David Cameron, shame on you, for this 'brave' attack on nurses | Barbara Ellen
  • It takes anyone to stand by your side at your best. But it takes a special one to stand by your side at your worst.
  • I certainly stand by my assertion that the country was not founded on a principle of progressive taxation.
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • Who else would stand by that greasy man?
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • Till he the bottom of the brimmer saw. and comes off clearly, sound trumpets, fife and drums, the spectators will applaud him, the [1429] bishop himself (if he belie them not) with his chaplain will stand by and do as much, Anatomy of Melancholy
  • Sunday mornings my mother would bake. I'd stand by the fridge and help.
  • The battle has been portrayed as a last-ditch stand by Scottish patriots sacrificing themselves in the cause of freedom. Times, Sunday Times
  • That sounds rather preposterous but I stand by that. The Sun
  • And she is good to stand by horsemen, whom she will: and to those whose business is in the grey discomfortable sea, and who pray to Hecate and the loud-crashing Earth – Shaker, easily the glorious goddess gives great catch, and easily she takes it away as soon as seen, if so she will. Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
  • The instantaneous hostility of France to the second UN resolution proposed by Britain and America was presented last week as a brave moral stand by the French foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin.
  • You don't need someone to love in secret. We just stand by the river and feel sad when seeing the shadow in the water and thought that we r falling love with someone.
  • Tom, wigless and hatless, arrived after breakfast to say that he has hired men to remove all the costumes and paintings in the theatre to a safer location and to stand by with water buckets in case the fire reaches Bridges Street. Exit the Actress
  • I recently lost equipment worth a couple of hundred dollars because of a 60 Hz overvoltage: several electronic tranformers of phones, electronic components of garage door opener and of audio components on stand by mode. What is the voltage in Morelia?
  • Then," pursued Marcelline, "you are willing to stand by and see her slowly murdered, inch by inch, by this white-faced devil, who leans over her and professes to love her, but is killing her -- _killing her_, Dieu des dieux! Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science
  • You don't need someone to love in secret. We just stand by the river and feel sad when seeing the shadow in the water and thought that we r falling love with someone.
  • I'd stand by the speakers and feel the bassline in my belly. The Sun
  • We stand by that: It's kind of discomfiting to hear adults talk so seriously about the sporting exploits of 11 - and 12-year-olds. Warm and Snugly Little League
  • He would not stand by and let his pet project be killed off.
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. — At first, it seemed like a morality play: school officials stand by as an innocent high school freshman, new in town, is harassed into suicide by a pack of older teens.
  • He entered the council chamber and went to stand by a tall, leaded window.
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • I stand by my labeling of the answer as naïve, however.
  • Aside from the obnoxious use of "tweeze" and the clearly inaccurate characterization of Women's Space being "committed to a level of diversity found on few white, nondisabled feminist blogs" I stand by my rationale. Eyes on whose prize, part 2
  • stand by to repel boarders
  • The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them. 
  • No, perhaps not," agrees Margarethe cannily ," but you haven't offered to stand by your stepmother or stepsisters with the same passion. CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER
  • Mr. Brady drew ten lines on the sand and laid an axe down by them, giving K-- (I really can't write that long name all over again) to understand by signs that when there was a 'bahar' (yam) on every mark he should have the axe. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1
  • All I was able to do was to put antiseptic on the remaining stumps and stand by with the morphine in case it was needed.
  • Frustrated, I forcefully shove out of the group and stand by the refreshment table with the small group of wallflowers.
  • You don't need someone to love in secret. We just stand by the river and feel sad when seeing the shadow in the water and thought that we r falling love with someone.
  • Sir, said Sir Lamorak, I understand by your tongue ye be of Cornwall, wherein there dwelleth the shamefullest king that is now living, for he is a great enemy to all good knights; and that proveth well, for he hath chased out of that country Sir Tristram, that is the worshipfullest knight that now is living, and all knights speak of him worship; and for jealousness of his queen he hath chased him out of his country. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 2
  • So when the air is heavy with imposture, and men live only to make money, and the service of God is become a thing of words and ceremonies, and the kingdom of heaven is bought and sold, and all that is high and pure in man is smothered by corruption -- fire of the same kind bursts out in higher natures with a fierceness which cannot be controlled; and, confident in truth and right, they call fearlessly on the seven thousand in Israel who have not bowed the knee to Baal to rise and stand by them. Short Studies on Great Subjects
  • Stand by, Drumbeat, I shall advise the coxswain ," Collier said diplomatically. LET NOT THE DEEP
  • And she is good to stand by horsemen, whom she will: and to those whose business is in the grey discomfortable sea, and who pray to Hecate and the loud-crashing Earth-Shaker, easily the glorious goddess gives great catch, and easily she takes it away as soon as seen, if so she will. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

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