Kneeling
human position where one or both knees touch the ground
Kneeling is a basic human position where one or both knees touch the ground. Kneeling is a primate behavior used to convey deference and yielding by making the figure kneeling look smaller than the other.
Quotes
edit- Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy. I am but God's humble instrument; but you may rest assured that as long as I live no one shall put a shackle on your limbs; and you shall have all the rights which God has given to every other free citizen of this republic.
- Abraham Lincoln, after witnessing a freedman bow down to him in Richmond, Virginia (4 April 1865), as quoted in Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885), by David Dixon Porter, p. 295
- Real courage, however, is shown by those who don’t merely follow the trend or status quo, but who stand up for that which is right and truly just — and don’t kneel.
- Allen West, "I'd like to see MORE football player protests — NOT less" (27 September 2017)
- I kneel
I squeal
My headcanon isn't real
I cope
I mope
Someone hand me a rope
I sin
I never win
I belong in a trash bin
I smell like a trash bag
My wife's an old hag
I am a Vegetafag.
