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George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.
by Tony Snow (Journalist, American , born in 1955) keywords: ago, broke, bush, even, four, george, governed, had, lost, mold, popular, though, vote, won , years Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.
by DeForest Soaries (Politician, American , born in 1951) keywords: act, breathes, consent, foundational, governed, into, life, principle , voting Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.
by Leland Stanford (Educator, American , born in 1824) keywords: consent, cornerstone, doctrine, endowed, founded, governed, government, great, inalienable, itself, memorable, men, principle, rights , upon The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.
by Stendhal (Writer, French , born in 1783) keywords: acquired, argument, cautious, governed, habit, intense, less, love, more, music, passions, race, reasoned , will A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast.
by Algernon Sydney (Politician, English , born in 1623) keywords: beast, general, govern, governed, man, presumption, security, subjected, sufficient, themselves, those, well, were , will Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed by federal law is constitutionally defined and permanently enshrined in the 10th Amendment.
by Dick Thornburgh (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: amendment, constitutionally, defined, enshrined, federal, governed, law, matters, permanently, reservation, sovereignty, specifically , states The powers of government exercised locally derive from a federal law authorizing government by consent in local affairs only, unless those affairs are otherwise governed by federal law.
by Dick Thornburgh (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: affairs, authorizing, consent, derive, exercised, federal, governed, government, law, local, locally, only, otherwise, powers, those , unless Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed.
by Paul Tsongas (Politician, American , born in 1941) keywords: ago, based, consent, democracy, derives, fathers, founding, gave, governed, government, hundred, idea, noble, our, simple, two, upon, us, validity, years , yet Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out.
by Raoul Vaneigem (Philosopher, Belgian , born in 1934) keywords: balance, consumption, daily, economic, governed, insults, life, out, production, system, tends , which The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
by Daniel Webster (Statesman, American , born in 1782) topics: Society keywords: appearance, fully, governed, know, more, necessary, realities, seem, something, than , world What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
by Woodrow Wilson (President, American , born in 1856) keywords: based, consent, governed, law, mankind, opinion, organized, reign, seek, sustained , upon Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.
by Mary Wollstonecraft (Writer, British , born in 1759) keywords: allowed, any, arbitrarily, being, deliberations, direct, governed, government, instead, ought, representatives, share, them, without , women It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib is governed by the Geneva Conventions, which have been signed by both the U.S. and Iraq.
by John Yoo (Educator, American , born in 1967) keywords: abu, been, between, both, conventions, detained, differences, geneva, ghraib, governed, important, iraq, recognize, signed, terrorism, those, treatment, war , which That is because the conflict with al Qaeda is not governed by the Geneva Conventions, which applies only to international conflicts between states that have signed them.
by John Yoo (Educator, American , born in 1967) keywords: al, applies, because, between, conflict, conflicts, conventions, geneva, governed, international, only, qaeda, signed, states, them , which
