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
Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Resolved, never to count that a prayer, nor to let that pass as a prayer, nor that as a petition of a… — Jonathan Edwards 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
In the moment when you make the least petition to God, though it be but a silent wish that he may approve… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My main message to folks who love animals is that you can do something every day to help them. Even if you… — Alison Eastwood Copy Share Image
For the most part, we should pray rather in aspiration than petition, rather by hoping than requesting; in which spirit also we… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
A petition to have Justin Bieber deported got over 100,000 signatures, which means the White House now has to legally rule on… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I see women who have this struggle between what they know is right, what they know is necessary, what they know is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
To be proactive is to educate yourself and get the word out via social media, or through one of the many animal-welfare… — Katie Cleary Copy Share Image
Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Grievances cannot be redressed until they are known; and they cannot be known but through complaints and petitions. If these are deemed… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I have so fixed the habit in my own mind that I never raise a glass of water to my lips without… — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
Let no man deceive you with vain words or vain hopes or false notions of a slight and sudden repentance. As if… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Virgin Immaculate, perfect lover of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, we ask you to obtain for us the graces we need… — Peter Julian Eymard 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
O God, make us desperate, and grant us faith and boldness to approach Your throne and make our petitions known, knowing that… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss 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
When we lose sight of God we become hard and dogmatic. We hurl our own petitions at God's throne and dictate to… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The right of the people to peacefully assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances is now worth a pitcher… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It is the Sacrament of Love that excites the soul to ardent prayer. It stirs up the virtue of impetration and, as… — Angela of Foligno Copy Share Image
Many intellectuals in America and in Europe, they are in the habit of taking sides: who are the bad guys? who are… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits:… — Alfred Nobel 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
The immigration bill - the new immigration bill - [Bill Clinton] has stripped the courts, which Congress can do under the leadership… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[I wish no one ever asked me ] "Did you sign that petition implicating the Bush Administration in 9/11?" Because I never… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think that the Supreme Court really takes cases with kind of a theme in mind. They get about 10,000 requests… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
There's always the danger that people will simply sign online petitions, the way they used to just mail in checks, and there's… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
It was not by accident or coincidence that the rights to freedom in speech and press were coupled in a single guaranty… — Wiley Blount Rutledge Copy Share Image
It is a kind of pride to insist that none of our prayers should ever be petitions for our own needs: for… — Thomas Merton 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
Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to… — Jack Abramoff 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
The White House announced that it has rejected several petitions to legalize marijuana. They say it has nothing to do with politics.… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
He invited people to sign a petition that demanded either strict control of, or a total ban on, dihydrogen monoxide… Yes, 86… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The Lord's Prayer "is truly the summary of the whole gospel." "Since the Lord...after handling over the practice of prayer, said elsewhere,… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
None of our prayers should ever be petitions for our own needs: for this is only another subtle way of trying to… — Thomas Merton 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
Amen meaneth assuredly, namely, that I am sure that petitions of this kind are accepted by my Heavenly Father, and heard by… — Martin Luther 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 to some other kind of sentence, you have the right to petition a federal court to review what happened to you. And until [Bill] Clinton, you had three, four, five, even more…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/nat-hentoff-1615_able_in-our-country-habeas-corpus-means-that_2424187.png)
![“The immigration bill - the new immigration bill - [Bill Clinton] has stripped the courts, which Congress can do under the leadership of the president, so that people who had a right to asylum or to petition - for asylum who were legal residents are now unable to go through because that part of the…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/185/nat-hentoff-1615_asylums_the-immigration-bill-the-new-immigration_627830.png)
![“[I wish no one ever asked me ] "Did you sign that petition implicating the Bush Administration in 9/11?" Because I never signed it, and I hate being vilified for a controversial idea I never espoused.” quote by Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/van-jones-984_administration_i-wish-no-one-ever-asked-me-did-you-sign_2038149.png)
