He feels extremely apologetic about the entire incident and wants to make it absolutely clear that he is not above the law. Surrendering whatever rights is just a part of that apology to make sure the public understands that he in no way is above the law.
Quotes about surrendering (16 Quotes)
No totalitarians, no wars, no fears, famines or perils of any kind can really break a man's spirit until he breaks it himself by surrendering. Tyranny has many dread powers, but not the power to rule the spirit.
We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence.
Surrendering the fruit of action to the Lord is real sacrifice.
We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all at the same time.
True zazen is surrendering every moment. But surrendering to what It really does not matter what we call it God or the Tao or the Dharma or the Buddha or our true nature.... It is the act of letting go, of surrendering, that matters. The very act of letting go opens us up completely.
It is because the administration is hostile to silver; and thus it is surrendering this country to the Shylocks of the Old World who have made war upon it.
We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity.
He who knows me as his own divine Self breaks through the belief that he is the body and is not reborn as a separate creature. Such a one is united with me. Delivered from selfish attachment, fear, and anger, filled with me, surrendering themselves to me, purified in the fire of my being, many have reached the state of unity in me.
My people were divided about surrendering.
I never believed that surrendering the executive power should be a condition of getting the second term. The second term should stand on its own feet.
In 1960, ... the Cape looked like an oil field, with towering structures, dirt, and asphalt roads newly carved out of the palmetto scrub. The alligators were reluctantly surrendering to the onslaught of newly arrived civilization. If you didn't have a good sense of direction, you were in trouble.
There is a choice. There is no excuse for giving up on Britain. We are surrendering to the European Union our ability to run our own affairs.
The president should name the best-qualified and proven constitutionalist to replace O'Connor as soon as Judge Roberts is confirmed, regardless of sex, race or ethnicity. The American people will decide the consequences of partisan politicians trying to intimidate the president into surrendering his constitutional duty.
Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who is its object justice is love serving only Him who is its object, and therefore rightly ruling prudence is love making wise distinction between what hinders and what helps itself.
If the Bank of Japan decides not to end its present policy this week, that may create the impression that the Bank of Japan is surrendering to political pressure and add some additional downward pressure to the yen.