Petitions Quotes

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In my native Boulder County, Colorado, the fracking fanatics are out in force. They are marching door-to-door, petitions and mythology in hand, and they are… — Bob Beauprez
I often tell audiences at the start of my shows that I'm not gay because I've got petitions from lesbian groups saying 'Can you tell… — Jo Brand
A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy a flower at… — Herb Caen
The third petition of the Lord's Prayer is repeated daily by millions who have not the slightest intention of letting anyone's will be done but… — Aldous Huxley
Spread out your petition before God, and then say, "Thy will, not mine, be done." The sweetest lesson I have learned in God's school is… — Dwight L. Moody
Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the… — C.S. Lewis
The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him. — Watchman Nee
How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to… — William Cowper
The Petition of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Chapman Johnson, Joseph C. Cabell, James Breckenridge, John Hartwell Cocke, and Robert Taylor the Rector and Visitors of… — Thomas Jefferson
The same Constitution that allows her the right, if she wants to, to sit there and say nothing, allows these groups the right to petition… — Trey Gowdy
The petition of persons under eighteen, praying that I would free all slave children, and the heading of which petition it appears you wrote, was… — Abraham Lincoln
O God, make us desperate, and grant us faith and boldness to approach Your throne and make our petitions known, knowing that in doing we… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits: Keeps his nails… — Alfred Nobel
If we would pray aright, the first thing we should do is to see to it that we really get an audience with God, that… — Reuben Archer Torrey
On May 15, 1957 Linus Pauling made an extraordinary speech to the students of Washington University. ... It was at this time that the idea… — Edward Condon
What, more petitions! Won't you be, and stay, intimidated? You must really annoy Sen. Dodd. Here it is [my signature], and I hope it does… — Edward Condon
Pilate sentenced him due to fear, in accordance with the petition and intention of others. These people sentence him for their own advantage and without… — Bridget of Sweden
Dressing with style is akin to issuing a manifesto; dressing fashionably is like signing a petition. — Jani Allan
It is the Sacrament of Love that excites the soul to ardent prayer. It stirs up the virtue of impetration and, as it were, forces… — Angela of Foligno

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