Abraham Lincoln - the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War - was the true representative of this… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The House of Representatives, which was closer to the population, had much less power. The executive was more or less an administrator,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Are people who want this kind of progressive change not turning up at polling stations? Are they not voting for progressive representatives?… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
Other countries may triumph at global conferences where world representatives vote with their hands. But America seems to win whenever the world's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is not a democracy. I think if your kids understood that - and most people don't. We are a representative republic.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I have no clear idea about this development, however, I have full faith in the government's peace talks committee. I suggest TTP… — Imran Khan Copy Share Image
Two polar groups: at one pole we have the literary intellectuals, at the other scientists, and as the most representative, the physical… — C.P. Snow Copy Share Image
FAITH. No one word personifies the absolute worst and most wicked properties of religion better than that. Faith is mind-rot. It’s the… — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
Every region should retain representative samples of its original or wilderness condition, to serve science as a sample of normality. Just as… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
I think Melania Trump is going to be a fantastic first lady. She's going to be a tremendous representative of women and… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
In most cases, if you've gotten to this point, you've already received a letter or phone message from your creditor with the… — Jean Chatzky Copy Share Image
The institution of representative government to us seems an essential part of democracy, but the ancients never thought of it. Its immense… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The reapportionment of 2002 designed congressional districts that favored incumbents of both parties, leaving virtually no room for challengers to be elected.… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
I'm a representative of something that's greater than myself. When you see me out there on the track, I'm not just representing… — Elana Meyers Copy Share Image
In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
On the surface the avant garde as a whole seems united primarily in terms of what they are against: the rejection of… — C. D. Innes Copy Share Image
One of the things that you come pretty early on to understand in this job, and you start figuring out even during… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Impeachment did not have to be for criminal offenses - but only for a course of conduct' that suggested an abuse of… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If it be asked what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . .… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The house of representatives ... can make no law, which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The constitution has divided the powers of government into three branches, Legislative, Executive and Judiciary, lodging each with a distinct magistracy. The… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I personally think that he did violate the law, that he committed impeachable offenses. But I don't think that he thinks he… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, which screens its members and requires… — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government. — Todd Akin Copy Share Image
People get Washington-ized a lot of times, being down there for awhile, and forget that we're called members of the House of… — Dan Donovan Copy Share Image
There's a real danger in the way our representative government functions today. It functions properly only when paired with accountability. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Nevada is certainly more representative of what the entire country looks like demographically, so you really are testing how these candidates are… — Lucy Flores Copy Share Image
The decisions MPs make as our representatives affect every aspect of our daily lives, from energy bills to the quality of our… — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
I'm thinking of when the Qatari representative was given five minutes with Bill Clinton for a million dollar cheque. — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The first thing I would do would be to move forward with an agenda to make sure that we give D.C. the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The people know that they need in their representative much more than talent, namely, the power to make his talent trusted. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
[American tax laws] are constantly changing as our elected representatives seek new ways to ensure that whatever tax advice we receive is… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
Our opponent [ Representative John Lewis] is someone who sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
It is rather shocking to note that opposition leaders, who are representatives of the wananchi (citizens), are themselves rejecting the participation of… — Amani Copy Share Image
It may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more constant to the public… — James Madison Copy Share Image
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