![[T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine and enlarge the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-delegation-of-the-government-in-a-republic-to-a-small-number-of-citizen.jpg)
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country believe thinking
I think Americans want to believe in this country again. Carol Moseley Braun
country mean fighting
I am determined to try to rebuild and renew this country in ways that will build community and level the playing field. ... To me, that means making certain that the fight to preserve our civil liberties is waged, making certain the fight against discrimination is waged, making certain that women have opportunity in this country.
country bolivia
Bolivia is not yet a country of equals. Carlos Mesa
country america people
America is such a great country, we have fat poor people. Carlos Mencia
country white apologizing
I'm not white, I don't apologize for what my country did to become great
country law people
People are always trading their excess for somebody else's excess. One country has a lot of aluminum so they trade aluminum for sugar. It's the law of supply and demand. Carl Andre
country thinking talking
Why should your majesty think it? My own plans are made. While I may, I sail East in Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I row East in my coracle. When that sinks, shall I paddle East with my four paws. Then, when I can swim no longer, if I have not yet reached Aslan's Country, there shall I sink with my nose to the sunrise... and Peepiceek will be head of Talking Mice in Narnia C. S. Lewis
country religion one-day
He'll be coming and going" he had said. "One day you'll see him and another you won't. He doesn't like being tied down--and of course he has other countries to attend to. It's quite all right. He'll often drop in. Only you mustn't press him. He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion.
country interest premier time
We have said for a long time that if the premier made this announcement we would stop. We are not stubborn, we have the interest of the country in mind. Chamlong Srimuang
sacrifice america liberty
Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces. Charlie Dent
sacrifice humanity heroism
It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge. Charles de Gaulle
sacrifice law punishment
In its primary signification, all vice, that is, all excess, brings on its own punishment, even here. By certain fixed, settled and established laws of Him who is the God of nature, excess of every kind destroys that constitution which temperance would preserve. The debauchee offers up his body a "living sacrifice to sin. Charles Caleb Colton
sacrifice self denial
Self-denial is often the sacrifice of one sort of self-love for another.
sacrifice sake our-relationship
You must never sacrifice your relationship with God for the sake of a relationship with another person. Charles Stanley
sacrifice winning guarantees-that
There's no guarantee that justice will win out or that a noble sacrifice will make any difference. But when it does, there's something that still swells my chest. There's magic in that.... It tells me that's the way things are supposed to be. Brent Weeks
sacrifice rights atheism
Once you sacrifice your rights, it's hard to get those rights protected again. Dianne Feinstein
sacrifice too-much plot
With relatively few exceptions, the novel sacrifices too much, for me, on the altar of plot. David Shields
sacrifice men giving
In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities. Cesare Pavese
government people common-sense
People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience.
government grease corruption
No government functions without the grease of corruption. Carlos Fuentes
government broken branches
The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; its broken. One of our three branches of government is broken. Carl Bernstein
government safety levels
Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides rules and services and safety measures that contribute to a better society.
government sake
We want to see a national-unity government for the sake of stability,
government hurt people storm work
We have much more work to do, ... But the people who have been hurt by this storm . . . need to know that the government is going to be with you for the long haul. Laura Bush
government states united
What the United States wanted in Guatemala - and in Iran, where the C.I.A. also deposed a government in the early 1950s - was pro-American stability. Stephen Kinzer
government
We want salaries. We want the government to live up to its responsibilities.
government people together
Government should be a place where people can come together, and no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument of good. Aaron Sorkin