The Constitution is very clear: Congress has sole discretion over defining who is and who isn't a citizen and how you become… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I'll privily away; I love the people, But do not like to stage me to their eyes; Though it do well, I… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from the illumination… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
A fully developed bureaucratic mechanism stands in the same relationship to other forms as does the machine to the non-mechanical production of… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
“Usually this kind of self-serving “honesty” will sabotage your success. If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. Realize… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“But none of these men before you acted in minor parts. Each of them was entrusted with broad discretion and exercised great… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
Discretion, like the hole in a doughnut, does not exist except as an area left open by a surrounding belt of restriction.… — Ronald Dworkin Copy Share Image
“To reside in the place which makes you forget worldly life, and to move away from the place that entangles you further… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Well, well! Why, have you any discretion? Have you any eyes? Do you know what a man is? Is not birth, beauty,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The French probably invented the very notion of discretion. It's not that they feel that what you don't know won't hurt you;… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Cunning has only private selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life; cunning is a kind of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A comma . . . catches the gentle drift of the mind in thought, turning in on itself and back on itself,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
What a world of trouble those who never marry escape! There are many happy matches, it is true, and sometimes "my dear,"… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Discretion is the most powerful tool a police officer carries on the beat, because an appropriate level of discretion can short-circuit the… — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
I think that the terms of the Affordable Care Act do give the states a fair amount of wiggle room and to… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
If a young lady has that discretion and modesty without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
But really it’s condescending and patronizing not to make fun of someone because they’re old or stupid or crippled or morbidly obese.… — Paul Neilan Copy Share Image
The state is the only institution entitled to apply coercion and compulsion and to inflict harm upon individuals. This tremendous power cannot… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Commonality & Camaraderie. By identifying, developing, and connecting powerful points of reference to others, you will have a rich resource of information… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“The dictionary defines discretion as the quality of showing discernment, the ability to make responsible decisions, and behaving or speaking in such… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
One cannot be honest even at the end of one's life, for no one is wholly alone. We are bound to those… — Florida Scott-Maxwell Copy Share Image
Governments decide they know best and they're going to tell you what to do. The trouble is that education doesn't go on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We need to know all the facts and be able to discern the situation before we pass judgment on someone. Sometimes life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer.… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Police on the street need the discretion to deal quickly and easily with routine misdemeanours which need to be recorded but need… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
“The best safeguards you have are to live with dignity, love, and self-respect, and to make choices you can be proud of… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
How very sad it is to have a confiding nature, one's hopes and feelings are quite at the mercy of all who… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Health and Human Services has an enormous amount of discretion that they have so far used to make it harder to get… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
[A] republic . . . [is] a government, in which the property of the public, or people, and of every one of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Obviously no one has ever cautioned you against pricking the vanity of proud men or wild animals; neither is completely predictable." "And… — Marsha Canham Copy Share Image
There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I confess myself utterly at a loss in suggesting particular reforms in our ways of teaching. No discretion that can be lodged… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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