Representatives Quotes - Page 23

• It is rather shocking to note that opposition leaders, who are representatives of the wananchi (citizens), are themselves rejecting the participation of the wananchi in this major public issue.

  Amani

  Issues, Leader, Citizens

  "Karume gives condition for meeting Seif". The Guardian, May 20, 2008.

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• The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council.

  David Petraeus

  Iraq, Challenges, President

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• A Mantra is composed of certain letters arranged in definite sequence of sounds, of which the letters are the representative signs. To produce the designed effect, Mantra must be intoned in the proper way, according to rhythm and sound...a Mantra is a potent compelling force, a word of power.

  Sir John Woodroffe

  Letters, Way, Sound

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• I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.

  Catherine Ashton

  Proud, Firsts, British

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• Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In strictness the answer on both points must be in the negative. The Constitution of the U. S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion. The law appointing Chaplains establishes a religious worship for the national representatives, to be performed by Ministers of religion, elected by a majority of them, and these are to be paid out of the national taxes. Does this not involve the principle of a national establishment ... ?

  James Madison

  Religious, Law, Two

  "Concerned Catholic Paul Ryan Wants Priests to Shut Up About the Poor" by Charles P. Pierce, www.esquire.com. April 27, 2018.

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• No one will expect the British Government or the Government of India to give way to threats of violence, disorder and chaos; and, indeed, representatives of large sections of Indian opinion have expressly warned us that we must not do so.

  Stafford Cripps

  Government, Giving, India

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• My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.

  Alexander Downer

  Father, Names, House

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way.

  Jonathan Franzen

  People, Way, Weirdness

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• If I can't negotiate something that gets more than four Republicans, I'm not a very good representative of my party.

  Chuck Grassley

  Party, Four, Republican

  "Countdown with Keith Olbermann", www.nbcnews.com. August 17, 2009.

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• In the last two years, the amount of legislation in the House of Representatives and state legislatures has been really unprecedented, that has focused on reproductive rights.

  Sandra Fluke

  Rights, Years, Two

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• If all goes well, the Iraqis are going to have a country that's going to have a representative government and will be at peace with its neighbors and in the region.

  Douglas J. Feith

  Country, Government, Neighbor

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• All of us who serve in the House of Representatives and the Senate pay into Social Security.

  Virgil Goode

  House, Pay, Social

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• In my almost ten years in the House of Representatives, I have voted consistently to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in environmentally friendly ways.

  Virgil Goode

  Oil, Years, House

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• To meet the shortage of supplies from America, due to lack of shipping, the representatives of the different supply departments were constantly in search of available material and supplies in Europe.

  Kelly Miller

  Europe, America, Different

  Kelly Miller (1919). “Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights ...: Why America Entered the Conflict ...& a Thrilling Account of the Important Part Taken by the Negro in the Tragic Defeat of Germany ...”

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• In this point of the case the question is distinctly presented whether the people of the United States are to govern through representatives chosen by their unbiased suffrages or whether the money and power of a great corporation are to be secretly exerted to influence their judgment and control their decisions.

  Andrew Jackson

  People, Decision, Liberty

  United States. President (1829-1837 : Jackson), Andrew Jackson (1835). “Annual Messages, Veto Messages, Proclamation, & C”, p.179

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• If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't want to antagonize them.

  Robert Waterman McChesney

  Running, Mean, Race

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• In democracy, as quaintly understood, voters pick their representatives. American democracy increasingly reverses that. Legislative districts are drawn to protect incumbents who, effectively, pick their voters.

  George Will

  Democracy, Voters, Protect

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• And it is undeniably true that the greatest and most important right of a British subject is that he shall be governed by no laws but those to which he, either in person or by his representatives, hath given his consent; and this, I will venture to assert, is the great basis of British freedom; it is interwoven with the Constitution, and whenever this is lost, the Constitution must be destroyed.

  Joseph Warren

  Patriotic, Law, Important

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• The House of Representatives was not designed to sit idly by and rubberstamp every piece of legislation sent their way by the Senate, especially legislation passed on a straight party line vote under the spurious policy of reconciliation.

  Neal Boortz

  Party, House, Way

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• When Paul was taken in chains from his filthy Roman dungeon and beheaded at the order of the opulent madman Nero, two representatives of humanity faced off, one of the best and one of the worst. One lived for prosperity on earth, the other didn’t. One now lives in prosperity in heaven, the other doesn’t. We remember both men for what they truly were, which is why we name our sons Paul and our dogs Nero.

  Randy Alcorn

  Dog, Taken, Son

  FaceBook post by Randy Alcorn from Jan 06, 2017

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• Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.

  Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

  Government, Freedom Of The Press, Presses

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• With my support, the House of Representatives recently voted to permanently repeal the death tax so that family farms and businesses can be passed down to children and grandchildren.

  Doc Hastings

  Children, House, Support

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• When you meet somebody for the first time, you're not meeting them. You're meeting their representative.

  Chris Rock

  Firsts, First Time, Meetings

  "'It's the White BET Awards!' Chris Rock's funniest jokes ahead of his Oscars hosting stint". www.mirror.co.uk. February 28, 2016.

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• It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincolns single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation.

  John George Nicolay

  House, Reputation, Term

  John George Nicolay (2008). “A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln: Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: a History: Easyread Large Edition”, p.75, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If it be asked what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a particular class of the society? I answer, the genius of the whole system, the nature of just and constitutional laws, and above all the vigilant and manly spirit which actuates the people of America, a spirit which nourishes freedom, and in return is nourished by it.

  James Madison

  Law, Class, America

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1842). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788”, p.265

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