Representative Quotes

267 quotes by 240 authors

A thriving middle class is a necessary precondition for a free representative government. — Timothy Noah
It turns out that American Express honors recurring payments even if the vendor is unable to supply an accurate card number and expiration date. An… — Barton Gellman
In my early teens, I acquired a kind of representative status: went on behalf of the family to wakes and funerals and so on. And… — Seamus Heaney
If a voter initiative can deny gay people access to traditional representative, democratic processes, then in California, any other small, historically disadvantaged minority group can… — John Perez
In order to describe a particular subculture, you might want to portray people who are typical or representative of that subculture; but to dramatize it,… — Jonathan Dee
Of the judicial department of the Government, the Supreme Court is the head and representative, and to it must come for final decision all the… — Samuel Freeman Miller
It is fair to say that Africa has become a major force in moving the world towards multi-polarity, an important emerging market that helps promote… — Li Keqiang
As I assume my responsibilities as your representative, I wish to assure you of my loyalty and devotions, as well of my determination to serve… — Romeo LeBlanc
Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an air of superiority,… — Anita Desai
The decision to go to war is the most important decision that I can make as a representative in Congress. As a veteran, I see… — Mark Kirk
Schultz is not a Nazi. I see Schultz as the representative of some kind of goodness in any generation. — John Banner
We need someone who is a strong representative of our value system. — Kenneth Lay
By moving them vertically, a representative mean curve could be formed, and individual events were then characterized by individual logarithmic differences from the standard curve. — Charles Francis Richter
So I think that if we want to have a Congress, if we want to have government that looks like America, if we want to… — Carol Moseley Braun
When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William… — Howard Mumford Jones
I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Canada, whose people have,… — Lester B. Pearson
This synchronous action then will be the Subject, which is the representative harmony. — Robert Delaunay
However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of… — Knut Hamsun
There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it is far better… — James Bovard
The only result of our present system - unless we reverse the drift - must be the gradual extension of the fascist sector and the… — John T. Flynn

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