I think e-mail petitions are an illusion. It gives people the illusion that they're participating in some meaningful political action. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
It is subversive to set up inquisitions like this, state or national, into the thoughts and consciences of Americans. . . .… — Florence Luscomb Copy Share Image
The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved… — Caleb Cushing Copy Share Image
That which brought me into the capacity I now stand in, was the Petition and Advice given me by you, who, in… — Oliver Cromwell Copy Share Image
I did very much like [Barack] Obama's attack on fossil fuel subsidies for fossil fuel companies. We asked for that in demonstrations… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Spread out your petition before God, and then say, "Thy will, not mine, be done." The sweetest lesson I have learned in… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
Marshes that are stagnant and have no outlets either by rivers or ditches, like the Pomptine marshes, merely putrefy as they stand,… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
I have a big mouth, and I never met a petition I didn't like, so of course in the McCarthy days I… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general… — Caleb Cushing Copy Share Image
Of the five rights listed in the First Amendment. - religion, speech, press, assembly, petition - the very first right protected is… — Steve Daines Copy Share Image
Where did you get the idea you aren't allowed to petition the universe with prayer? You are part of this universe, Liz.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I do not allow myself to be moved by anything except the law. If there has been a mistake in the law,… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I've always been a big supporter of the Constitutional right of the people to peaceably assemble and petition government for redress of… — Lowell P. Weicker, Jr Copy Share Image
The problems of our day loom ominously before us. Surrounded by the sophistication of modern living, we look heavenward for that unfailing… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
In our country, [habeas corpus ] means that if you've been sentenced and convicted in a state court, either to death or… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“By making the government a combination of elected officials and citizen-backed initiatives and referenda, there can truly be a government of the… — Victoria Stoklasa Copy Share Image
Ministers should not pray so loud, and long, as to exhaust the strength. It is not necessary to weary the throat and… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy… — Herb Caen Copy Share Image
All is not done when we have spoken to God by prayer; our petitions are to be pursued with real endeavours. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
The CONCEPT is though that you have to get an AGREEMENT BY CONTRACT and you KNOW that they are NOT going to… — Jack Smith Copy Share Image
Let's all sign petitions to make Earthships and organic home gardens the normality. — Syesha Mercado Copy Share Image
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