Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Brown

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good Compensate bad in man, absolve him so: Life's business being just the terrible choice

Kofi Annan

History will judge them harshly and their people will not absolve them, if they fail.

Juan Carlos

Congress has really set this thing up in a way that they absolve themselves of blame, ... They have their scapegoats. They can blame the Pentagon. They can blame BRAC. It's hard for voters to say this is Ortiz's fault.

Dave Nonis

I want to make it clear this does not absolve the players for their part in this season. In no way does this mean there will be no further changes. No way. The fact is there is a lot of blame to be spread around and a lot of it falls on the shoulders of people that were in that locker room.

Anthony Kennedy

The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.

John McCarthy

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance.

Nicolas Davila

The Church used to absolve sinners; today it has the gall to absolve sins.

Andrew Cohen

The police can't do anything to compel this family to talk, they can't do anything legally. The family, anyone, has a Fifth Amendment right not to talk to police and I imagine these folks are going to exercise that right and they have every right to do so.

Naomi Wolf

The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.

Mat Staver

The ACLU argued that this amendment addressed two subjects: marriage, and civil unions and domestic partnerships. They said people would be in favor of voting for marriage, but may not be in favor of banning civil unions. The Supreme Court rejected that argument and said that this amendment is about the singular purpose of marriage and maintaining and preserving the protections and obligations of marriage.

Orrin Hatch

The amendment to the energy bill I filed would have put a stop to the Skull Valley site, it would begin a study of alternatives such as reprocessing, storing the waste on site, and storing the waste at existing Department of Energy sites,

Jin Zhiguo

The amendment to the Constitution will lay a solid legal foundation for the establishment of a complete and effective system to guarantee the environmental rights of the people.

Earl Warren

the Amendment must draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.

Cheryl Chow

The amendment I'm proposing does not change the decision to move forward with this cost-savings plan.

Dyana Mason

The amendment goes far beyond just defining marriage between a man and a woman. What it does is prohibit recognition for all unmarried couples in the state.

Robert Shapiro

The 5th Amendment guarantees that defendants can't face 'double jeopardy,' which means the government can't prosecute a person a second time for the same crime if the jury returns a verdict. Only if the jury doesn't reach a decision can prosecutors elect to retry the case.

William Cavendish

You should pull him back besides in all the lines before the quarter, just as you make the others advance.

William Cavendish

But my method of the pillar, as it throws the horse yet more upon the haunches, is still more effectual to this purpose, and besides always gives him the ply to the side he goes of.

Ellen Key

The married woman as family provider beside the man, often also in place of the man, but always however subservient to the man's dominion - this is the worst form of woman slavery our time has created.

Amy Landecker

The pedicure is beside the point - the rub is all I care about. And not just my feet, my calves and thighs. There is nothing better, except maybe a scalp massage.

Bill Gates

The PC will continue to evolve. In fact, you'll think of it simply as a flat screen that will range from a wallet size device to a notebook, to a desktop, to a wall. And besides the size of the screen, the only other characteristic will be whether it

Charles Schumer

The ads, whether they come from the right or the left, are beside the point. The issue is: What are Roberts's views?

Charles Schumer

The ads, whether they come from the right or the left, are beside the point, ... The issue is: What are Roberts's views?

Gary Brunner

That was a heck of a performance by Ashley. Besides her great numbers she has also stepped up and taken a leadership role on this team despite being a sophomore.

Ray Lewis

So, if I give any credit, besides giving all credit to God, for being totally healthy, it's just my workout and how much torture I put my body through in the offseason.

Gary Hart

If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.

Gallagher

I don't want to overthrow the government. I wanna fire 'em.

Edward Snowden

The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists.

Elaine Stritch

What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government is talking about when the government tells me about taxes.

Vicente Fox

The pension issue is a priority for my government and also a priority for our economy,

Bruce Jackson

Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words.

Daniel Webster

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.

Chris Matthews

We supported the contras. We're not against all opposition to government, or all paramilitary operations.

John C. Calhoun

The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent the peculiar and local interests, or that the latter may encroach on the former.

James Nicholson

We have an obligation to remember and to pay tribute to those who took up freedom's call,

John Cornyn

You have no obligation to tell us how you will rule. Don't take the bait.

Gerard Warren

He takes everything personally. You feel the obligation when you work with him.

Richard Harris

I think they have an obligation to be part of the solution.

Ryan Costello

Municipalities have an obligation to step up to the plate.

Dennis Prager

Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy because our happiness has an effect on everyone around us.

Bob DuPuy

We will be prepared to select ownership as soon as the lease obligation is done.

Glen Loyd

You may keep it without any obligation whatsoever.

H. Rap Brown

When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.

Pete Williams

At least as long as we can tolerate each other.

Kevin Marino

It's improper, it's unwarranted and I will not tolerate it.

Phyllis Maxwell

I let her up here as long as she will tolerate it.

Mike Ditka

In life, you get what you tolerate.

Jane Rule

Human beings tolerate what they understand they have to tolerate.

Jim Yonts

We will not tolerate the kind of behavior.

Michael Chertoff

We will not tolerate lawlessness, or violence, or interference with the evacuation,

Nora Roberts

I won't consider getting horizontal with someone I can barely tolerate when we're vertical.

Mike Tomlin

I'll tolerate you until I can replace you.