"You can't have the legislative and executive branch……" — Olympia Snowe
"You can't have the legislative and executive branch working in a parallel universe...the partisanship that has gripped Washington has prevented us from dealing with the issues that this country needs to grapple with to determine its future."
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20 Quotes by Olympia Snowe
Olympia Snowe has 20 quotes on this site.
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One difficulty in making the Senate work the way it was intended is that America's electorate is increasingly divided into…
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I have been immeasurably honored to serve the people of Maine for nearly 40 years in public office and for…
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What is the purpose of public service? It's to solve problems for the people you represent and certainly in the…
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When history calls, history calls,
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At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve…
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Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage…
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Hopefully, 21 years later, Judge Roberts possesses an openness with respect to issues of gender-based wage discrimination.
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We recognized in 1996 that, with progress in the field of genetics accelerating at a breathtaking pace, we need to…
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Most breast cancer-related deaths can be prevented through simple and painless preventive measures. A late diagnosis can result in more…
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In today's world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate - and even thrive - in…
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It is time that we provide clarity for our seniors, informing them of the services available that will lower the…
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Indeed, we must foster cost-saving competition. And that means joining the marketplace of other industrialized countries - not just for…
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More Branch Quotes
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The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy.…
— Julian Bond
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Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books…
— Anthony Burgess
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The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
— George W. Bush
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You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you…
— Rosalynn Carter
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When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the…
— Marc Chagall
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let…
— Yasser Arafat
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The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence…
— Michelangelo
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For some years now I have read through the Bible twice every year. If you picture the Bible to be…
— Martin Luther
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I hope the necessity will at length be seen of establishing institutions, here as in Europe, where every branch of…
— Thomas Jefferson
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In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the…
— Alfred Russel Wallace
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No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made…
— Trey Gowdy
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The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested…
— James Madison
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