I take every job on its merits.

I want to be judged on my own merits.

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

We must recognize our opponents' merits.

On my team, we prioritize merits over politics.

None merits the name of Creator but God and the poet.

Go fail or succeed on your own merits, be your own man.

Eventually, I'm going to be judged purely on my own merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

I further believe that all must be saved through the merits of Christ.

Every form has its merits. And I like to work in a lot of different forms.

At some point, an industry has to either succeed or fail on its own merits.

We're lawyers. We present the arguments, and the court sorts out the merits.

Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects.

I accept a character purely based on its merits and not on any other criteria.

I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.

I have voted on the merits of legislation, voting both 'with' and 'against' my party.

All players have equal duties and merits and share the reward and sometimes the blame.

Farm policy and food stamp policy should not be mixed. They should stand on their own merits.

People actually get sponsors based on the merits of the Cup, not on the merits of the sailors.

I'm here to govern for everybody and I hope that people judge me on my merits and what I can do.

I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits.

Loving people does not require you to stay silent when you see something that merits being called out.

I love flexing theater Muscles. Television has merits as well, but there's no substitute for live theater.

The viewers have the brains to decide the merits of a film and there is no point in blaming them if it flops.

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.

Wilderness designations should not be the result of a quid pro quo. They should rise or fall on their own merits.

I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits.

I'm not a rubber stamp, and people know that. If you can convince me of the merits, you will have my vote every time.

I have been obsequious toward Western civilization, exaggerating its merits and, at the same time, exaggerating my own merits.

With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.

It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.

What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?

While 'Final Fantasy XIII-2' does quite a bit to fix the mistakes of its predecessor, it does very little to stand out on its own merits.

Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.

Man's shortcomings and sins are all due to substance of the body and not to its form, while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.

I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.

I understand I'm a sinner. I'm not perfect, and I need a Savior, and that I'm not going to make it to Heaven on merits and doing good things.

If you have to lie, cheat, steal, obstruct and bully to get your point across, it must not be a point capable of surviving on its own merits.

I've never been much for the accolades and for the trophies and for the merits because at one time in my life I kind of got bored of all those.

The press doesn't just cover presidential campaigns, they influence them by making arbitrary decisions about who is 'top tier' and merits coverage.

There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of the origins of the First World War.

What we have tried to instill across the league through ownership and management is that we stand for inclusiveness and to judge somebody on the merits.

Opening a complaint for investigation in no way implies that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made a determination about the merits of the complaint.

It is not good for us to trust in our merits, in our virtues or our righteousness; but only in God's free pardon, as given us through faith in Jesus Christ.

Corporate corruption has ecological merits. It's helping to preserve that species known as Democrats - thought to be endangered as recently as the year 2000.

Throughout the early and mid-1990s, the Clinton administration debated the merits of paying for AIDS testing and counseling of vulnerable populations overseas.

The oak has long been an enduring and mighty tree. It is truly a part of our national heritage and it merits the formal distinction of America's National Tree.

The only conduct that merits the drastic remedy of impeachment is that which subverts our system of government or renders the president unfit or unable to govern.

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