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I love these members, they get up and say, 'Read the bill ... What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and… — John Conyers
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who… — Abdul Kalam
In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and… — James Madison
When you assemble from your several counties in the Legislature, were every member to be guided only by the apparent interest of his county, government… — Alexander Hamilton
The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected with them, and… — James Madison
The defect of power in the existing confederacy, to regulate the commerce between its several members is in the number of those which have been… — James Madison
Experience assures us, that the efficacy of the provision has been greatly over-rated; and that some more adequate defense is indispensably necessary for the more… — James Madison
I've been told that some members of Congress disagree with my tax cut proposal. Well, you know it's been said that taxation is the art… — Ronald Reagan
In fundamental theory socialism and democracy are almost if not quite one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of… — Woodrow Wilson
War Is A Racket : I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all… — Smedley Butler
Man is more disposed to domination than freedom; and a structure of dominion not only gladdens the eye of the master who rears and protects… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
For love... has two faces; one white, the other black; two bodies; one smooth, the other hairy. It has two hands, two feet, two tails,… — Virginia Woolf
Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community, with all… — William J. Clinton
The principal purposes to be answered by union are these the common defense of the members; the preservation of the public peace as well against… — Alexander Hamilton
The members of the legislative department . . . are numerous. They are distributed and dwell among the people at large. Their connections of blood,… — James Madison
A local spirit will infallibly prevail much more in the members of Congress than a national spirit will prevail in the legislatures of the particular… — James Madison
For the same reason that the members of the State legislatures will be unlikely to attach themselves sufficiently to national objects, the members of the… — James Madison
Whilst the last members were signing it Doctr. Franklin looking towards the Presidents chair, at the back of which a rising sun happened to be… — James Madison
I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a proselyte to the… — James Madison
[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its… — Benjamin Rush
It is evident that the right of acquiring and possessing property, and having it protected, is one of the natural, inherent, and unalienable rights of… — William Paterson
There was a time when we were told . . . that a sense of common interest would preside over the conduct of the respective… — Alexander Hamilton
We do not achieve happiness or salvation in isolation from each other but as members of society — Margaret Thatcher
You've got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don't have health care and booing a service member in Iraq because they're… — Barack Obama
As individuals, as families, as neighbors, as members of one community, people of all races and political views are usually decent, kind, compassionate. But in… — Dean Koontz

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