Donors Quotes - Page 7

• Presumed consent preserves freedom of choice, but it is different from explicit consent because it shifts the default rule. Under this policy, all citizens would be presumed to be consenting donors, but they would have the opportunity to register their unwillingness to donate.

  Cass Sunstein

  Opportunity, Choices, Different

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• If your aims as a donor are modest, you can accomplish an awful lot. When your aims become elevated beyond a reasonable level, you not only don't accomplish much, but you can cause a great deal of damage.

  Irving Kristol

  Levels, Awful, Damage

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• Too many voters are already bought -- not by corporate campaign donors, but by the government itself.

  Joseph Sobran

  Government, Campaigns, Voters

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• I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 foundations and individual donors whose priorities don't align with my organization's.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Organization, Priorities, Foundation

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• Public financing would fix campaign donor problems.

  Hillary Clinton

  Campaigns, Problem, Financing

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• In the party of Lincoln and Reagan and much of the donor class, the defense of human life is what they think loses elections. They think we need to spend time on really popular ideas, like cutting your mom's Social Security check.

  Gary Bauer

  Mom, Party, Cutting

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• The man who receives gifts from God, receives an appointment from God; namely, that of donor; and the wisdom to discharge the functions connected with this appointment will surely not be withheld, if it be ingenuously asked.

  George Bowen

  Men, He Man, Function

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• Write a living will. And become an organ donor!

  Jodi Picoult

  Writing, Organ Donor, Organs

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• I understand that the legal position is under review in South Africa and that there will soon be a broader set of organizations to which donors can give and claim tax deductions.

  Nelson Mandela

  Organization, Giving, Claims

  Source: www.mott.org

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• My administration will not answer to donors or lobbyists or special interests, but we will serve the citizens of the United States of America, believe me.

  Donald Trump

  Believe, America, Special

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.

  Aristotle

  Mean, Simple, Giving

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