Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the very purpose of preventing unbridled majority rule.

Barbara Boxer

Let me be very clear: I will never be a rubber-stamp for any President. That would be contrary to the Constitution of the United States.

Cathi Herrod

Let the people decide, not the courts. The definition of marriage needs to rise to the level of the constitution.

Salih Mutlak

No country in the world can draft their constitution in three months. They themselves took 10 years. Why do they wish to impose a silly constitution on us?

Abdul Sattar

More than 90 percent of Iraq's Shiites support the constitution, but not me.

Charles Bowen

More students have a better knowledge of pop culture than of the Constitution,

Steve Scalise

Next to the Bible, I think the Constitution is the most important document ever written.

Abraham Lincoln

We seek not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow those who would prevert it.

Bruno Jeanbart

Since the referendum on the EU constitution, Chirac has been in a much weakened position, and it has become obvious he is not really in the running for another term as president.

Carl Hiaasen

Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.

Brad Smith

We had a very constructive dialogue yesterday. In fact I wish we could have had had this type of dialogue sooner.

Ted Baker

Given that we're starting on Sept. 2 and the NHL pre-season doesn't start until two or three weeks after that, we'll be able to dialogue with the NHL about things we're seeing in our games that will hopefully help everyone.

Sanjaya Baru

The Prime Minister would like all men and women of goodwill in the dialogue process to end the period of suffering.

Kate Grenville

I've always had a problem with conventional punctuation of dialogue because it does seem to me to set it off too much from the narrative. I mean, in life, things don't stop while somebody says something, and then stuff starts up again; it's all happening at once.

Li Zhaoxing

China-US relations have, on the whole, maintained stability and growth. Dialogues and exchanges at the various levels have improved mutual understanding and mutual trust,

Tracy Chapman

So much has happened to obscure the dialogue about race and about gender and discrimination in general, especially where those things touch on economics.

Sha Zukang

We are ready to have dialogue . . . we are ready to talk to them,

Vuk Draskovic

We are ready for dialogue and we are ready to stop the demonstrations. ... (but) that dialogue must be expressed in the media -- state media -- in a free and open way.

Kozo Yamamoto

So long as there is a solid framework in place, it's up to the BOJ.

Ahmad Fawzi

If we come out of this meeting with a framework for the process for a political transition, then we will have succeeded. This is the first step in a long road toward establishing good governance in Afghanistan.

Sophia Amoruso

EBay gave me the framework to discover I was an e-commerce entrepreneur. I touched everything, from shipping to logistics.

Vladimir Putin

Any people has a right to self-determination, and now in Europe the process of diluting national sovereignty in the framework of a united Europe is more accepted.

Lee Myung-bak

The North Koreans have gained, or bought, a lot of time through the six-party-talks framework to pursue their own agenda.

Jon Daniels

We want to let him get a sense of where we're at and the framework of some of the ideas we're going to mull over the next month.

Abdullah Gul

We want to start negotiations, and we are working for this but within the framework of the realities,

Loretta Napoleoni

Globalization is a great thing, but it needs a legal framework in which to blossom.

Song Min

We shared the view that participants in the talks should produce substantial progress and come up with a framework for the realization of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula,

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

Liar, n.: A lawyer with a roving commission.

Tom DeLay

Let me be very, very clear, ... I have done nothing wrong. I have violated no law, no regulation, no rule of the House. I have done nothing unlawful, unethical or, I might add, unprecedented.

Vanessa Redgrave

Serbia has no right, under national or international law, to Kosovo.

Laura Fisher

So far, the law is working as intended.

Mickey Mantle

Mr. Mantle, do you have any observations with reference to the application of antitrust laws to baseball?

John Dingell

Mr. Pitt got in trouble. If he is not doing the job, sees to it that security laws are properly enforced, it's time for him to depart.

Lisa Gross

One reason the waiver was refused was because it's state law. And because they didn't want to set a precedent.

William Blake

One Law for the Lion and Ox is Oppression

Charles Potter

No one owns a parking spot; it's the public's right to use them, ... This law will lead to more regular enforcement of the problem. Now, using the littering law is a stretch.

Antonio de Mendoza

Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it.

Christopher Lawrence

Mozart's symphonies are quite special. One of our landmarks is our recording of all of his symphonies, which means that we've recorded not 41, but 68 symphonies. Many people are unaware that there are many unnumbered symphonies.

Andre Agassi

means as much to me as doing it in the finals.

David Hopkins

More people means there is more of an opportunity for crime,

Jim Haslett

Obviously, that means a lot to me -- that's what friends are for.

Orel Hershiser

obviously keenly understands what it means to be a Dodger.

Taron Egerton

Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops.

Timothy Noah

When a conservative praises a liberal as 'morally serious,' he means that person is less liberal than most.

Bob Hunter

I can tell you this thing is by no means is it going to throw up a lot of cash.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Sometimes it is extremely good for you to forget that there is anything in the world which needs to be done, and to do some particular thing that you want to do. Every human being needs a certain amount of time in which he can be peaceful.

Deepak Chopra

Remember that you will create peace only when you are peaceful.

Hesham Qandil

We need to reflect the true identity of Muslims, how peaceful they are and really be able to talk to the Western media about the true look and heart of the Muslims.

John C. Reilly

There's something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You're on Earth but not quite.

Akhmad Kadyrov

I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures.

Ban Ki-moon

Only through women’s full and equal participation in all areas of public and private life can we hope to achieve the sustainable, peaceful and just society promised in the United Nations Charter,

Eckhart Tolle

When you say “yes” to the “isness” of life, when you accept this moment as it is, you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you that is deeply peaceful.

Bruce Cockburn

Male female slave or free; peaceful or disorderly; maybe you and he will not agree; but you need him to show you new ways to see.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

The surface of American life looks smooth, prosperous, peaceful. But underneath, fault-line shifts in family and work life have led us into what some have called 'advanced insecurity.

Gary Thompson

We have very well-trained RAs and RDs within residence halls,

Kerry Bailey

Typically within two weeks, we're done with the analysis.

Nizam Idris

I would say it's more within my expectations.

Michael Mann

We're number-crunching to see what we can do within our mandate.

Jeremy Duxbury

We will have to work within the budget.

Bill Richardson

What I worry about is a new fiefdom within an already big fiefdom,

Kate Looby

Within about two weeks, we'll have made those decisions.

Checky Herrington

We should be able to energize it within one or two days.

Harry Larrabee

We're very balanced. Within games, we get spurts from different players.