Officials Quotes - Page 36

• Air Force officials appear to be more concerned with appeasing the powerful Religious Right lobbyists who have argued against any guidelines that seek to respect and protect the rights of all cadets -- not just those adhering to majority religious beliefs.

  Barry W. Lynn

  Religious, Powerful, Rights

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• When I consider the state of things in our fief, I find that those who hold positions and receive official stipends are incapable of the utmost in loyalty and patriotic service. Loyalty of the usual sort-perhaps, but if it is true loyalty and service you seek, then you must abandon this fief and plan a grass-roots uprising.

  Yoshida Shoin

  Loyalty, Patriotic, Uprising

  "Yoshida Shoin Zenshu" by Yoshida Shoin, vol. IX, 1938.

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• Svanaja includes in itself the whole subject, officials and ministers. If there is something wrong in the conduct of these people, it would be damaging the state. An administrator should strictly deal with it.

  Chanakya

  People, Political, Would Be

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• If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels tha pai. Some way if any department, minister or official of the state is faulty, the whole country is effected. An administrator should try hard to curb it.

  Chanakya

  Country, Political, Trying

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• Love or affection towards an individual or nation, is indicated by good action snot merely be words. The adoration towards nation is expressed by works of welfare equally done by the ruler and theruled. The ruler himself must be engatged, in welfare of th country and also should select officials examining their involvement with the public god. Self-centered people greedy of the power should be kept away

  Chanakya

  Country, Self, People

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• Religion is a personal, private matter and parents, not public school officials, should decide their children's religious training. We should not have teacher-led prayers in public schools, and school officials should never favor one religion over another, or favor religion over no religion (or vice versa). I also believe that schools should not restrict students' religious liberties. The free exercise of faith is the fundamental right of every American, and that right doesn't stop at the schoolhouse door.

  George W. Bush

  Teacher, Religious, Prayer

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• I urge all Texans to answer the call to serve those in need. By volunteering their time, energy or resources to helping others, adults and youngsters follow Christ's message of love and service in thought and deed. Therefore I, George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, do hereby proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day in Texas and urge the appropriate recognition whereof. In official recognition whereof, I hereby affix my signature this 17th day of March, 2000.

  George W. Bush

  Jesus, Humor, Helping Others

  The "Jesus Day" Proclamation by George W. Bush, www.pbs.org. March 17, 2000.

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• I condemn all statements - made in sincerity or jest - that threaten or suggest the use of violence against the president of the United States or any other public official. Such rhetoric cannot and will not be tolerated.

  Paul Broun

  President, United States, Use

  "Did Rep. Paul Broun Flub 'Who is going to shoot Obama?' query?". Statement, www.csmonitor.com. February 25, 2011.

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• I support local solutions to illegal immigration as protected by the 10th amendment. I support making English the official language of all documents and contracts.

  Rand Paul

  Support, Immigration, Language

  "Rand Paul: U.S. Should Stop Granting Citizenship To Children Of Illegal Immigrants" By Elyse Siegel, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2010.

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• In every game, there's three teams out there. There's the two basketball teams and the team of officials. If the two teams are evenly matched, it can come down to number of possessions. If one out-of-bounds call goes the wrong way, that can be the difference.

  Tom Heinsohn

  Basketball, Team, Differences

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• It is the collective responsibility of the citizens in a modern state to ensure by all means necessary that its government adheres to the rule of law, not just domestically, but internationally. There are no bystanders. No one is entitled to an 'apolitical' exemption from such obligation. Where default occurs, either by citizens endorsement of official criminality or by the failure of citizens to effectively oppose it, liability is incurred by all

  Ward Churchill

  Mean, Responsibility, Bystanders

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• Don't Look Down” is her official debut as Skylar Grey, the singer, born Holly Brook Hafermann and raised in Mazomanie, Wis., has been making albums since she was a tween. Grey and her mother sang as a folk duo under the name Generations; they released three indie discs. “I learned a lot about professionalism, how the show must go on even though I feel like [expletive] sometimes,” Grey remembers. “I have a lot of experience in the studio, performing onstage, talking to an audience. I learned most of that stuff when I was performing with my mom.

  Skylar Grey

  Mom, Mother, Talking

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• In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Irans theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.

  Elliott Abrams

  Independent, Iran, Freedom Of Speech

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• A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen to be impartially dedicated to the general public interest, nor will they give trust to those high in government who violate the rule of law they ask citizens to obey at the expense of self-interest, or to those who present government as the place where one feathers his own nest, [or] exchanges favors with friends and former associates.

  Archibald Cox

  Government, Self, Law

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• In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.

  Lou Holtz

  Golf, Player, Way

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• The official language of the State of Illinois shall be known hereafter as the American language, and not the English language.

  Frank Church

  Illinois, Government, Language

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• The New York Times is the official leak of the State Department.

  Mort Sahl

  New York, Media, States

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• Anyone who knows anything about journalism knows that reporters are rarely in a position to investigate anything. They lack the authority to subpoena witnesses, to cross-examine, to scrutinize official records. They are lucky to get their phone calls returned.

  Irving Kristol

  Phones, Media, Lucky

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• I don't like trying to influence politicians, who are themselves representative of huge numbers of people. As an educator, I'd rather enlighten the people and educate the people and let they be the ones who put the pressure on their elected officials.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Numbers, People, Trying

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson On Exploring Cosmic Frontiers". "Talk of the Nation" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. March 2, 2012.

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• Are you getting a big kick out of the Enron scandal? I find this interesting that whenever a big crisis starts, people start showing up in church. So, Ken Lay shows up in church this weekend. Church officials are still looking for the collection plates.

  David Letterman

  Weekend, Enron Scandal, People

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• The White House again refused to turn over discussions Vice President Cheney had with Enron officials over energy policy. Cheney said if he had to disclose every time some business donated a ton of money then came in to write its own policy to govern itself, he wouldn't get any work done.

  Dennis Miller

  Writing, White, House

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• Yeah. A real date. Something official. You. Me. Tonight. We're long overdue.

  Sophie Jordan

  Real, Long, Tonight

  Sophie Jordan (2011). “Firelight”, p.150, Oxford University Press - Children

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• The recommendation by the Arkansas Supreme Court Disciplinary Committee that President Clinton be disbarred is like a tender green shoot of integrity rising from the stinking junkyard of American public life. At last, some official body has come to a decision about Clinton's conduct that is untainted by politics, cowardice or cynicism.

  Mona Charen

  Integrity, Decision, President

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• The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.

  Robert Zoellick

  Trying, Branches, Helping

  "Robert Zoellick: “Getting Stuff Done” at the World Bank and Beyond" by Mark V. Vlasic, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 5, 2012.

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• The official Hamas charter calls for the murder of Jews and destruction of the Jewish state.

  Aaron Klein

  Murder, Destruction, States

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