Incumbent Quotes
90 quotes by 84 authors
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Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to…
— Dan Aykroyd
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The Minnesota Republican hierarchy didn't want me to run against their incumbent in 2000; they didn't know who I was. And once many party bigwigs…
— Michele Bachmann
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Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
— Baruch Spinoza
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Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive to its exaltation. Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder…
— Bahá'u'lláh
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This is the Day in which God's most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace hath…
— Bahá'u'lláh
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One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of many lay men…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves.
— Meir Kahane
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It is agreed, in this country, that if a man can arrange his religion so that it perfectly satisfies his conscience, it is not incumbent…
— Mark Twain
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Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of…
— Terry Pratchett
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Ambition, and Covetousnesse are Passions that are perpetually incumbent, and pressing.
— Thomas Hobbes
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France must not be the only country to have a high level of welfare protection and few obligations incumbent on those who receive benefits.
— Nicolas Sarkozy
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For all their talk about the virtues of democracy, many incumbent politicians really don't like it when voters have a voice-not if that voice is…
— Paul Jacob
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Achieving the summit of a mountain was tangible, immutable, concrete. The incumbent hazards lent the activity a seriousness of purpose that was sorely missing from…
— Jon Krakauer
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear bought…
— George Washington
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It is incumbent upon all of us to build communities with the educational opportunities and support systems in place to help our youth become successful…
— Ruben Hinojosa
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One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer.
— William Carey
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God Almighty (swt) says: My love is incumbent for those who love each other for Me; who sit together for Me; who visit each other…
— Muadh ibn Jabal
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A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any…
— Alice Stone Blackwell
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The Internet provides the access to resources, so it's incumbent upon the people who control those resources to make sure that the economic engine stays…
— Michael Nesmith
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