Commission Quotes

277 Commission quotes by 236 unique authors

Lies can be verbal or nonverbal, kindhearted or self-serving, devious or bald-faced; they can be lies of omission or lies of commission; they can be… — Robin Marantz Henig
Experience alone can give a final answer. The knowledge gained in a few years by a commission of the kind suggested would be worth more… — John Bates Clark
When I accepted the commission, I had something of an epiphany in the research I did about the agency, actually the science of espionage. I… — Unknown Author
I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world;… — Alejo Carpentier
I must say, to be very honest about it, that I held in my mind during the life of the Commission, that there had been… — John Sherman Cooper
It was determined, as shown in the report of the Commission, which I can read to you, but I know you are familiar with the… — John Sherman Cooper
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and EPA, et cetera, had worked out what allowable releases are. — William Scranton
You will bear a commission from God, for you have received a call from God. — Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Well, Hale was one of the first people who suggested to President Johnson that there should be a commission. — Lindy Boggs
And it turned out that the Roberts Commission did not fully utilize the information available and that it came to conclusions which were I think… — Richard Ben-Veniste
But as I said to Dr. Rice following her testimony, and I think she appreciated it, we had our job to do and we did… — Richard Ben-Veniste
The 9/11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of the budget, from developing it to implementing it, to ensuring… — Leonard Boswell
The following year, after I had prepared my draft, the Conference of the Interparliamentary Union at The Hague decided to set up a special commission… — Ludwig Quidde
These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered with; respecting them we give to you no commission whatsoever. — Caleb Cushing
From 1966 to 1970 I served as Chairman of the New Haven City Plan Commission. — James Tobin
Another cause of change, one less noticeable but fundamental, is the modern growth of population closely connected with scientific and medical discoveries. It is interesting… — Emily Greene Balch
The Cowles Commission was the optimal environment for the type of research that I wanted to do. — Gerard Debreu
As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts from the beginning… — Rene Cassin
Well we had nine top forensic pathologists from across the country, who operated as a panel, who looked at all the ballistic evidence and they… — Louis Stokes
Now the interesting thing about the movie is that many of the questions it raised about the Warren Commission and its investigation were all investigated… — Louis Stokes
Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that… — Jon Porter
Now on a personal level with things like the California Tax Commission... I really think if people started banding together and saying no to this… — Joe Eszterhas
The statistics might have a Eurosceptic cast, but they are not exactly a fun read. Few of us want to wade through ONS graphs or… — Daniel Hannan
President Obama has ignored or dismissed proposals that would address our anti-competitive tax code and unsustainable trajectory of federal debt - including his own bipartisan… — Glenn Hubbard
The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the Bill was founded did not intend these things to happen,… — William Butler Yeats

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