"It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish……" — Caleb Cushing
"It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition."
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24 Quotes by Caleb Cushing
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Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your…
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Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I…
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Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and…
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And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions…
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I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or…
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The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
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Entertaining these opinions of the course to be pursued, I beg of gentlemen to look at the question, as I…
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is…
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You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption…
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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such…
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The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of the slave trade, and of…
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The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing…
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More Denial Quotes
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one of 636 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere…
— David Attenborough
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I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to…
— Roger Nash Baldwin
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The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.
— Honore de Balzac
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We live in a world of denial, and we don't know what the truth is anymore.
— Javier Bardem
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance,…
— Melody Beattie
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Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who…
— Martha Beck
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All forms of tampering with human beings, getting at them, shaping them against their will to your own pattern, all…
— Isaiah Berlin
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Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience…
— Annie Besant
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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may…
— Ambrose Bierce
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I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman.
— David Bowie
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization…
— Barbara Boxer
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People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial.
— Julie Burchill
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