Districts Quotes

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I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long.... Looking… — Smedley Butler
Even in populous districts, the practice of medicine is a lonely road which winds up-hill all the way and a man may easily go astray… — William Osler
The people of Florida in 2002 voted and approved class size limits in Florida to make sure that the State pays for smaller class sizes… — Kendrick Meek
Josh, my question to you is why you ran against a Republican and spent $100,000, wasted $100,000, that could have been spent on the west… — Matt Shea
I have the highest number of Social Security recipients of any Member of Congress, and it is always good to hear about how women in… — Ginny Brown-Waite
My State Senate district was in the northern part of Oklahoma and they were redrawing the districts. — Don Nickles
Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured. — Thomas E. Mann
We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood. — Gavin Newsom
In democracy, as quaintly understood, voters pick their representatives. American democracy increasingly reverses that. Legislative districts are drawn to protect incumbents who, effectively, pick their… — George Will
We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting the… — Edward Burnett Tylor
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind. — William Rounseville Alger
With a thousand joys I would accept a nonacademic job for which industriousness, accuracy, loyalty, and such are sufficient without specialized knowledge, and which would… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
For all their current prestige, Osama bin Laden and the suicide bombers are still regarded in all but the most desperate districts of Gaza or… — James Buchan
Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't where… — John Engler
We have now felled forest enough everywhere, in many districts far too much. Let us restore this one element of material life to its normal… — George Perkins Marsh
Too many members of Congress are too involved in grabbing what they can for their states or districts without enough emphasis on overall fiscal restraint… — John Ensign
The Delta is a conservative place, .. District 28 is a very conservative district. We don't have many conservative districts in the Delta. Mississippi is… — Charles Capps
The congresspersons who are co-sponsoring the bill are being beat up in their districts with negative advertising. We need to go to them and say… — Charlie Norwood
With Michigan's economic future on the line, we can't afford to have our 500 local school districts marching in different directions. Instead, we need a… — Jennifer Granholm
There are 10,000 local governments in the state of New York. Ten thousand! Town, village, lighting district, water district, sewer district, a special district to… — Andrew Cuomo

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