In 2004, I ran for Congress and lost. In 2006, I ran again and won - defeating Richard Pombo, a seven-term Republican incumbent. — Jerry McNerney Copy Share Image
Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel… — Bob Inglis Copy Share Image
Large incumbents become big and sometimes become lazy and set themselves up for failure in the future. — Taavet Hinrikus Copy Share Image
With each door one women walks through it is incumbent to bring another woman through it with her. — Gloria Feldt Copy Share Image
I think it's incumbent on actresses to bring something else to the part which isn't in the script. — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
I think we are incumbent, I am incumbent, the Who is incumbent, anybody that produces anything by me is incumbent by my… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Ambition, and Covetousnesse are Passions that are perpetually incumbent, and pressing. — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare. — George Washington Copy Share Image
As has been emphasized vigorously by foreign allies and by responsible leaders of former administrations and incumbent officeholders, there is no current… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
As the longest serving Independent in the history of the United States Congress, as somebody who came into office by defeating an… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
It is not incumbent on the world to conform to your vision of change. It is up to you to explain the… — Jay Samit Copy Share Image
When someone who wields political power does something you dislike or disagree with, it's incumbent upon you to object, criticize, and demand… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The incumbents just have a ton more money because they have rigged the system to help themselves, because they have these networks… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Could there possibly have been an incumbent more easy to knock-off than George W. Bush? A real-life opposition party would have been… — Marc Cooper Copy Share Image
George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, became the first incumbent president to increase his majority in both the Senate… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
It is easier to disrupt consumer finance. It is much harder to disrupt institutional finance, Wall Street. It is very heavily regulated,… — Brad Katsuyama Copy Share Image
As Democratic losses mounted in Senate races across the country on election night, some liberal commentators clung to the idea that dissatisfied… — Byron York Copy Share Image
God Most High has said, "Is the reward of virtue aught save virtue?" . . . Know, O man, that the covenant… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
It is incumbent upon the Aghsan, the Afnan and My kindred to turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty… — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
And what terrifies me is that we're entering a phase where if you start to speak about this as something that can… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
Since We have created you all from one same substance it is incumbent on you to be even as one soul, to… — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
It is incumbent on us diligently to remember that the kingdom of heaven was promised to the poor in spirit, and that… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Revelation is necessarily limited to the first communication- after that it is only an account of something which that person says was… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I want to be in an industry where the upstarts can grow and displace the incumbents, because that's why there's so much… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
France must not be the only country to have a high level of welfare protection and few obligations incumbent on those who… — Nicolas Sarkozy Copy Share Image
In an IT lead world, incumbents generally win because they have the existing relationship with the IT organization. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer. — William Carey Copy Share Image
To carry adequate life insurance is a moral obligation incumbent upon the great majority of citizens. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Do things that incumbents can't or won't do because it's economically or technically infeasible. — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
Whatever you're selling, storage or networking or security, you're going head to head with the incumbent players. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Running for governor of Texas against a very popular governor [incumbent Ann Richards] was deemed to be risky. Everybody thought I would… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
It's really incumbent upon us as life's agents to extend life to another planet. I think that being a multi-planet species will… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
As for being a voice in politics, I feel whether you are famous or not, busy or not, it's incumbent upon every… — Elayne Boosler Copy Share Image
It's incumbent on the President to entertain. Clinton did a better job of it - and was forgiven for the scandals, incidentally.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It is remarkable that almost all speakers and writers feel it to be incumbent on them, sooner or later, to prove or… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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