Representative Quotes

267 quotes by 240 authors

The Saviour Himself is the door of the sheepfold: 'I am the door of the sheep.' Into this fold of Jesus Christ, no man may… — Pope John XXII
An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that… — Adnan Pachachi
[Write to your congressional representative against the health care reform proposal or] we will awake to find that we have socialism. — Ronald Reagan
SETH said: The natural person is to be found, now, not in the past or in the present, but beneath layers and layers of official… — Jane Roberts
I am a Catholic. As far as possible I go to Mass every day. This is a rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down… — Hilaire Belloc
We need a reform of the Security Council. It must be perceived as truly representative by all the 191 member states, to uphold the credibility… — Anna Lindh
I can't go out on stage and have glow sticks waved at me! That's not representative of anything! — Keith Flint
The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life. — Lane Kirkland
Extensive violations of human rights (torture, forced reduction of living standards for much of the population, police-sponsored death squads, destruction of representative institutions or of… — Noam Chomsky
Out of the chaos of post-Roman Dark Age Britain, the English had created the world's first nation-state: One king, one country, one church, one currency,… — David Starkey
The Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult, or… — Mike Lofgren
The bloggers and online donors represent an important resource for the party, but they are not representative of the majority you need to win elections, — Steve Elmendorf
WHEN YOU MEET SOMEBODY FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU'RE NOT MEETING THEM. YOU'RE MEETING THEIR REPRESENTATIVE. — Chris Rock
Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
At death we cross from one territory to another, but we'll have no trouble with visas. Our representative is already there, preparing for our arrival.… — Erwin W. Lutzer
I think I might write a book. I like writing. People have asked me if I would get into politics, but I think I feel… — Serj Tankian
It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the wishes and aspirations… — Nelson Mandela
The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men. — Alexander Hamilton
What outrages me as a representative of journalists is that there's not more outrage about the number, and the brutality, and the cavalier nature of… — Linda Foley
It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way. — Paddy Ashdown

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