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The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along - not the Congress nor the courts.
by Earl Warren (Judge, American , born in 1891) keywords: along, away, congress, court, courts, fashion, gets, goes, law, long, makes, nixon, nor, old, served, then, traditions, turn, twist, will , worthy The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.
by George Washington (President, American , born in 1732) keywords: after, authorized, congress, constitution, declaring, expedition, importance, measure, offensive, power, shall, subject, such, therefore, undertaken, until, upon, vests , war The Pentagon today will not allow any of these people who work for the Pentagon, to talk to the media. They have gagged them from talking to members of Congress.
by Curt Weldon (Politician, American , born in 1947) keywords: allow, any, congress, gagged, media, members, pentagon, talk, talking, them, these, today, will , work How it is that within 60 days of a general election issue, groups can no longer tell voters that a Member of Congress votes pro-abortion, against guns, against the environment or whatever else is beyond me.
by Paul Weyrich (Critic, American , born in 1942) keywords: against, beyond, congress, days, election, else, environment, general, groups, guns, how, issue, longer, member, tell, voters, votes, whatever , within I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol.
by Abraham Whipple (Soldier, American , born in 1733) keywords: capitol, carolina, charleston, co, congress, defense, general, lincoln, operating, orders, proceed, purpose, received , south I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress.
by William Whipple (Politician, American , born in 1730) keywords: am, chicanery, congress, deal, even, gentlemen, good, importance, lawyer, long, matters, off, precious, repeated, say, small, sometimes, sorry, speeches, throw, time, very, waste, wholly , will I wonder much that a court of Law should be in doubt whether a Resolution of Congress can superceed the Law of a Sovereign State.
by William Whipple (Politician, American , born in 1730) keywords: congress, court, doubt, law, much, resolution, should, sovereign, state, whether , wonder To put that into some perspective, when Bill Clinton and Al Gore had first taken the idea of the Kyoto Protocol up to the Congress, the United States Senate voted it down 95 to nothing.
by Christine Todd Whitman (Politician, American , born in 1946) keywords: al, bill, clinton, congress, down, first, gore, had, idea, into, kyoto, nothing, perspective, protocol, put, senate, some, states, taken, united, up , voted It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom he has admired; they constitute his ideal audience and his better self.
by Richard Wilbur (Poet, American , born in 1921) keywords: address, admired, audience, back, better, congress, constitute, directly, does, dwell, great, him, his, ideal, mind, neighbors, persons, poet, self, taught, those, true , whom To this congress the poet speaks not of peculiar and personal things, but of what in himself is most common, most anonymous, most fundamental, most true of all men.
by Richard Wilbur (Poet, American , born in 1921) keywords: anonymous, common, congress, fundamental, himself, men, most, peculiar, personal, poet, speaks, things , true I have noticed, with much distress, the excessive wartime activity of the investigating bureaus of Congress and the administration, with their impertinent and indecent searching out of the private lives and the past political beliefs of individuals.
by Wendell Willkie (Lawyer, American , born in 1892) keywords: activity, administration, beliefs, bureaus, congress, distress, excessive, impertinent, indecent, individuals, investigating, lives, much, noticed, out, past, political, private, searching, their , wartime Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico.
by David Wilmot (Activist, American , born in 1814) keywords: acquired, any, congress, exclude, future, mexico, might, slavery, territory , would Community-based policing has now come to mean everything. It's a slogan. It has come to mean so many different things that people who endorse it, such as the Congress of the United States, do not know what they are talking about.
by James Q. Wilson (Politician, American , born in 1931) keywords: come, community-based, congress, different, endorse, everything, know, many, mean, now, policing, slogan, states, such, talking, things , united My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.
by John Sergeant Wise (Author, American , born in 1846) keywords: congress, daughter, distinguished, hon, john, lawyer, many, mother, northern, philadelphia, representative, sergeant, woman , years If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?
by Victoria Woodhull (Activist, American , born in 1838) keywords: ask, become, congress, course, future, government, grant, left, listen, mothers, pursue, refuse, then , women I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.
by Bob Woodward (Journalist, American , born in 1943) keywords: believe, branch, congress, did, executive, independent, judiciary, particularly, prosecutor, shows, system, ultimately, watergate, work , working Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond polite conversation.
by John Yoo (Educator, American , born in 1967) keywords: beyond, congress, conversation, definition, go, infliction, interrogation, laws, leaves, mental, methods, pain, physical, polite, room, severe, those , torture What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task of this Party Congress must not be to issue detailed practical suggestions, but to draw up general directions for the proletarian women's movement.
by Clara Zetkin (Politician, German , born in 1970) keywords: among, conclusions, congress, detailed, directions, draw, general, issue, may, movement, must, now, our, party, practical, proletarian, propaganda, suggestions, task, up, women , work
