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“The veto is a President's Constitutional right, given to him by the drafters of the Constitution because they wanted it as a checkagainst irresponsible Congressional action. The veto forces Congress to take another look at legislation that has been passed. I think this is a responsible tool for a president of the United States, and I have sought to use it responsibly.”

Thinking Looks Has Beens States Use Action Wanted Given Force President United United States Tools Constitution Responsible Congress Legislation Irresponsible Veto

Book:The Presidential campaign, 1976

Source: The Presidential campaign, 1976

“I took in a foster kid that I wanted to adopt in the state where I live, and I pay taxes, said to me, based on not your morality, not on how good you are as a mother, not on how much you've given to foster kids in Florida, based on the facts that you're in love with a woman, you can't keep her.”

Said States Facts Kids Wanted Mother Given Pay Morality Taxes Florida

Author:Rosie O'Donnell

“Since a given system can never of its own accord go over into another equally probable state but into a more probable one, it is likewise impossible to construct a system of bodies that after traversing various states returns periodically to its original state, that is a perpetual motion machine.”

States Body Given Impossible Return Machines Originals Various Perpetual Constructs Accord Entropy Perpetual Motion

Author:Ludwig Boltzmann

“The tragedy of the people of Palestine is that their country was “given” by a foreign power to another people for the creation of a new state. The result was that many hundreds of thousands of innocent people were made permanently homeless. With every new conflict their numbers increased. How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?”

People World Made Country States Given Results Numbers Creation Willing Conflict Tragedy Endure Innocent Cruelty Homeless Palestine Wanton

Book:Yours Faithfully, Bertrand Russell: A Lifelong Fight for Peace, Justice, and Truth in Letters to the Editor

Source: Yours Faithfully, Bertrand Russell: A Lifelong Fight for Peace, Justice, and Truth in Letters to the Editor

“To say that people around the world deserve the same, the same life that we have in the United States, the same freedoms that we have, that seems to me, humble. I think it's humble to say that the United States, which has been given so much, should give back.”

People Thinking World Giving Should Has Beens States Seems Given United United States Deserve Humble Around The World Giving Back

Author:Condoleezza Rice

“You should understand that private faith does not force public decisions. That's how you work at compromise. I haven't given up what I believe, but I live in community - in a city, state, nation, and world - with people who don't believe what I believe. That doesn't make them defective or inferior.”

People World Should Believe Doe States Given Force I Believe Nations Community Decision Cities Havens Don't Believe Compromise Inferiors Given Up Defective

Author:Jeremiah Wright