Representatives Quotes
204 quotes by 180 authors
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No one will expect the British Government or the Government of India to give way to threats of violence, disorder and chaos; and, indeed, representatives…
— Stafford Cripps
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My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.
— Alexander Downer
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In the last two years, the amount of legislation in the House of Representatives and state legislatures has been really unprecedented, that has focused on…
— Sandra Fluke
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All of us who serve in the House of Representatives and the Senate pay into Social Security.
— Virgil Goode
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In my almost ten years in the House of Representatives, I have voted consistently to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in…
— Virgil Goode
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To meet the shortage of supplies from America, due to lack of shipping, the representatives of the different supply departments were constantly in search of…
— Kelly Miller
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In this point of the case the question is distinctly presented whether the people of the United States are to govern through representatives chosen by…
— Andrew Jackson
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Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In strictness…
— James Madison
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The House of Representatives was not designed to sit idly by and rubberstamp every piece of legislation sent their way by the Senate, especially legislation…
— Neal Boortz
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It is rather shocking to note that opposition leaders, who are representatives of the wananchi (citizens), are themselves rejecting the participation of the wananchi in…
— Amani
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Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization,…
— Ralph Adams Cram
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Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people know exactly what's…
— Tony Abbott
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With support jobs moving to China and India, it's not surprising that English-speaking countries' top frustration revolves around the difficulty of understanding customer service representatives.…
— Bob Hayes
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We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this…
— Emperor Norton
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I know well the coequal role of the Congress in our constitutional process. I love the House of Representatives. I revere the traditions of the…
— Gerald R. Ford
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If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change our lobbies, we…
— Will Rogers
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You see, in Washington they have these bodies, Senate and the House of Representatives. That is for the convenience of the visitors. If there is…
— Will Rogers
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Of all the officers of the Government, those of the Department of Justice should be kept most free from any suspicion of improper action on…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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The Trans Pacific Partnership (and fast-track authority to whisk it through Congress without debate) is fast approaching. If you haven't seen our video about it,…
— Robert Reich
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An important contribution to a much-neglected but very important subject. No other author has set out to do what Davenport accomplishes, which is a systematic…
— Mark Noll
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