By vesting in the House the 'sole Power of Impeachment,' the Constitution makes it wholly the House's business how to decide whether… — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
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
In democracy, as quaintly understood, voters pick their representatives. American democracy increasingly reverses that. Legislative districts are drawn to protect incumbents who,… — George Will Copy Share Image
I would rather have my fate in the hands of 23 representative citizens of the county than in the hands of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In both its precepts and penalty, the law of God in its most exacting requirements was fulfilled by Jesus. And He did… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
I'm not a representative of the military establishment. I came in with the Reagan Administration in 1981 as a presidential appointee. — Fred Ikle Copy Share Image
Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; its a method of removing someone whose continued presence in office would cause grave… — Charles Ruff 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
We always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil… — Indira Gandhi 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
It's going to be very important that we as women's rights advocates are involved in redistricting of both the states legislatures and… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been one of my good friends in the House of Representatives. When she was brutally shot, Gabby was… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And at the UN she took the advice - she had to take the advice - of the State Department and the… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
“Does any one suppose that private prayer is necessarily candid—necessarily goes to the roots of action? Private prayer is inaudible speech, and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I define the terms "founding fathers" and "founders" broadly to include an entire generation or two of Americans from many walks of… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
And with the Occupy Movement, it's really ironic how the police come as representatives and enforcers of the powers that be, even… — Oren Moverman Copy Share Image
While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The 'nations,' as they are called, with whom our pretended ambassadors, secretaries, presidents, and senators profess to make treaties, are as much… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
If you hand an adult a lump of clay, they're likely to respond by fashioning something representative out of the raw material.… — Keith Murray 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
We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics,… — Alberto Juantorena Copy Share Image
Why should I ? I don't need to run down my opponent through filthy language in order to win. The voters don't… — Preneet Kaur 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
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
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
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
Though the Floundering Fathers didn't intend it, we now see that representative government quickly turns into the dictatorship of the proletariat. If… — Fred Reed Copy Share Image
Representative William McK. Springer, remarks in the House, quoting Henry Clay: As for me, I would rather be right than be President.… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
To judge a man means nothing more than to ask: What content does he give to the form of humanity? What concept… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
As I've matured, the roles are a bit more layered and representative of where I am today as an older person with… — Barbara Crampton Copy Share Image
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