Petition Quotes
79 quotes by 68 authors
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The problems of our day loom ominously before us. Surrounded by the sophistication of modern living, we look heavenward for that unfailing sense of direction,…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Daily simple, sincere, and mighty prayers lift our lives to a higher spiritual altitude. In our prayers we praise God, give thanks to Him, confess…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health,…
— Nathan Deal
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The CONCEPT is though that you have to get an AGREEMENT BY CONTRACT and you KNOW that they are NOT going to respond. So the…
— Jack Smith
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I beseech those whose piety will permit them reverently to petition, that they will pray for this union, and ask that He who buildeth up…
— Sam Houston
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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 have argued that this House…
— Caleb Cushing
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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…
— Caleb Cushing
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Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day; Let other hours be set apart for business. To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our…
— Henry Fielding
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Too bad when I was a kid there wasn't a guy in our class that everybody called the "Cricket Boy", because I would have liked…
— Jack Handey
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The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
— Caleb Cushing
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He invited people to sign a petition that demanded either strict control of, or a total ban on, dihydrogen monoxide.... Yes, 86 percent of the…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Let no man deceive you with vain words or vain hopes or false notions of a slight and sudden repentance. As if heaven were a…
— John Tillotson
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A petition to have Justin Bieber deported got over 100,000 signatures, which means the White House now has to legally rule on it. So finally…
— Jay Leno
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Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the importunity of the…
— Lorenzo Scupoli
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God extends his grace to his people (and mankind in general) when he destroys the wicked, because in destroying the wicked, he is averting their…
— Andrew Sandlin
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Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they…
— Hernando Cortes
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There's more to being an environmentalist than occasionally signing an online petition and mailing your check to the Sierra Club. Really the most effective environmental…
— Alex Steffen
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When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon the…
— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
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Liberals and leftists have been dismissing inconvenient facts by attacking motives for generations. In the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, Soviet spies and abettors attacked the…
— Jonah Goldberg
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A [Jewish] woman could not divorce her husband, but she could petition for divorce, and the religious courts could force him to grant the divorce…
— Israel Shenker
Who Wrote These Petition Quotes
68 authors contributed a total of 79 Petition Quotes, led by these top contributors: