Kneeling

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

 * 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.
 * Prince Vegeta IV, Dragon Ball