Representatives Quotes

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The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope. — Irving Babbitt
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin… — John Adams
At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to… — Earl Blumenauer
While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate… — John O. Brennan
I have been very happy in the House of Representatives. — George H. W. Bush
Is it not grotesque when the representatives of an antiquated myth-sorcery, who believes in trinity, angels, devils, hell, virgin-birth, bodily Ascension, making of water into… — Karlheinz Deschner
Give me the steady, uniform, unshaken security of constitutional freedom. Give me the right to be tried by a jury of my own neighbors, and… — Alexander Hamilton
We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups. — Deborah Tannen
The representatives of business interests are the men to start this enterprise among our people and bring them to a full realization of the very… — John J. Pershing
I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to… — Andrew Jackson
Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress. — Daniel Ellsberg
As for the Jews, I am just carrying on with the same policy which the Catholic Church has adopted for fifteen hundred years, when it… — Adolf Hitler
When some portion of the biosphere is rather unpopular with the human race-a crocodile, a dandelion, a stony valley, a snowstorm, an odd-shaped flint-there are… — Mary Midgley
The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a… — Thomas Paine
Representatives of the American intelligence agencies - and I hope they won't be angry - but they could have been more professional, and the diplomats… — Vladimir Putin
Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished. — Jacques Delors
Every male citizen of the commonwealth, liable to taxes or to militia duty in any county, shall have a right to vote for representatives for… — Thomas Jefferson
What is surprising is that their ideological opponents, the Marxists - the anti-liberals, the representatives of the oppressed working classes - believed in progress with… — Immanuel Wallerstein
If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense… — Alexander Hamilton
The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It is the scientist's… — Edward Teller

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