“Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen.” Has BeensAbleRealizingRolesDemocracyDemandMembersChosen Book:Memoirs Source: Memoirs
“Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation.You choose a Member indeed; but when you have chosen him, heisnotthe Member for Bristol, but heisa Member of Parliament.” NationsMembersChosenYou ChooseParliamentAssemblyMembers Of ParliamentBristol Author:Edmund Burke
“Also, the Federal Advisory Committee should be enlarged and reorganized. Members should be chosen for the broadest possible representation of the public interest, their main qualification: ability.” ShouldPoliticsInterestAbilityEconomyMembersChosenLiberalismRepresentationCommitteesQualificationsPublic InterestAdvisory Author:Wright Patman
“Persecution always acts as a jell for members of cults; it proves to them, in the absence of history, liturgy, tradition, and doctrine, that they are God's chosen.” ProveMembersTraditionAbsenceChosenDoctrineCultPersecutionLiturgy Book:The Astonishing World: Essays Source: The Astonishing World: Essays
“[Government] is apprehended, not as a committee of citizens chosen to carry on the communal business of the whole population, but as a separate and autonomous corporation, mainly devoted to exploiting the population for the benefit of its own members.” WholeGovernmentCitizensMembersBenefitsPopulationChosenCorporationsDevotedCommitteesAutonomous Book:Mencken Chrestomathy Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“The more confident you are, the more you can let go and believe that the people you've chosen to be in your circle are able to do what they say they're going to do and what they're really good at. It has made me a better band member, too.” PeopleBelieveMadeAbleBandLetting GoMembersCirclesChosenBand Members Author:Nikki Sixx
“Affirmative action ignores our society's real minorities - members of the disadvantaged classes, no matter what their race. We have this ludicrous bureaucratic sense that certain racial groups, regardless of class, are minorities. So what happens is those "minorities" at the very top of the ladder get chosen for everything.” RealMatterHappensActionCertainRaceClassGroupsMembersNo Matter WhatChosenMinoritiesOur SocietyLaddersAffirmative ActionAffirmativeDisadvantaged Author:Richard Rodriguez
“I have never imagined being or wished to be chosen as something important in the world. I have always tried to be a humble servant of God and a humble member of humanity.” WorldImportantHumanityMembersHumbleChosenServantServant Of God Author:Fethullah Gulen
“To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides.” RunningHonorMembersChosenBagsCoatsTobaccoSelectedFamily MembersBuffaloBeavers Author:Dennis Banks