"A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of……" — Joseph Story
"A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government."
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47 Quotes by Joseph Story
Joseph Story has 47 quotes on this site.
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It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the…
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[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it…
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One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making…
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The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of…
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Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age…
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Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of…
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Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood…
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Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of…
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[The necessary and proper clause] neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power…
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So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where…
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The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states,…
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In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the…
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More Execution Quotes
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one of 388 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new…
— Francis Bacon
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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
— Ansel Adams
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Execution is everything.
— Jeff Bridges
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You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.
— George Carlin
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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry…
— Chanakya
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Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just…
— Hank Aaron
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This team is one execution away from being a very good basketball team.
— Doc Rivers
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
— Samuel Johnson
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Excellence matters, and technology advances so fast that the potential for improvement is tremendous. So, since becoming CEO again, I've…
— Larry Page
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A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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