“An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.” GivingMindPoliticalPoliticsPaySacrificeMembersOriginalsCharacteristicsLabourParliamentInfluentialMembers Of Parliament Book:The collected works of Walter Bagehot Source: The collected works of Walter Bagehot
“How do you, on the one hand, not object to Hillary Clinton being elected, and then, on the other hand, tell people, "Elect me to stop her"? It seems like they're giving themselves a really tough position to occupy here, be they governors, senators, congressional members of the House of Representatives. They want to stop Hillary but not enough to keep her out of the White House. "So she'll get in there, but you need to elect us to put the brakes on her."” PeopleWantNeedsGivingEnoughHandsSeemsHouseWhitePositionObjectsMembersToughClintonWhite HouseGovernorsRepresentativesSenatorsBrakeHouse Of Representatives Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Along with church monies and the United Way, most of the others that I give the most to are organizations for which I have some personal connection in that they have affected family members; i.e., kidney, cancer, heart, and organ donation. My wife and I have also contributed to and been heavily involved with the Boys and Girls Club of Utah County.” WayGivingHeartGirlChurchUnitedBoysWifeInvolvedMembersConnectionsOrganizationCancerClubsMy WifeAffectedOrgansCountyFamily MembersBoy And GirlDonationKidneysUtahPersonal ConnectionOrgan DonationUnited Way Author:LaVell Edwards
“I have gone through the process of re-evaluating, giving a personal re-evaluation to everything that I ever believed and that I did believe while I was a, a member and a minister.” GivingBelieveProcessGoneMembersMinistersEvaluation Author:Malcolm X
“One time, the Library of Congress was giving books to local libraries around the country on Islam. The library of a guy named Walter Jones, who's a member of Congress from North Carolina, got some books and resource materials, and he got up in the press and said he didn't want any Muslim books in the library. And the people said, "Wait a minute, that's kind of anti-Muslim." He said, "Oh no, Keith Ellison is a friend of mine." And I said, "You know what? We are friends, but you're wrong about this.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingKindSaidBookCountryGuyWaitingMinutesMinesMaterialsMembersResourcesPressesIslamLibraryCongressLocalsOne TimeCarolinaNorth CarolinaKeith Author:Keith Ellison
“To achieve effectiveness and legitimacy it is time to scrap the right of veto given to permanent members of the UN, or at least severely restrict its use. It is also time to either abandon the idea of permanent membership or broaden it to reflect the rise of non-Western states to the status of global leaders (e.g. Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey, South Africa), and to downgrade European representation by either giving the European Union a single seat or rotating a European state among Germany, France, UK, and Italy.” GivingIdeasStatesUseGivenLeaderAchieveMembersIndiaUnionsSouthWesternFrancePermanentGermanySeatsAbandonSouth AfricaRepresentationTurkeysIndonesiaEffectivenessEuropean UnionScrapBrazilMembershipLegitimacyVetoRotating Author:Richard A. Falk
“The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.” GivingInterestCommunityExistenceAttentionSocietyDutyCitizensMembersPaidPoliceWelfareLaw EnforcementPolicemenIncumbents Author:Robert Peel
“As a member of the Mormon church, Romney is instructed to tithe 10 percent of his income. That's in keeping with most charitable giving: Religious institutions get about one-third of all contributions, according to 'The American' magazine.” GivingChurchReligiousMembersPercentThirdsInstitutionsIncomeMagazinesContributionRomneyCharitableTitheCharitable Giving Author:John Podhoretz
“People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race, seemed to give way - quite suddenly - to sectarian identification with Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh communities.” PeopleWayGivingHumansCommunityRaceIdentityMembersIndianHuman RaceHinduismIdentification Book:Reason Before Identity: The Romanes Lecture for 1998 Source: Reason Before Identity: The Romanes Lecture for 1998
“When I go back to family reunions everybody goes, 'Hey cousin! Hey Auntie!' And I'm like, 'Okay I don't know you, I have no idea who you are.' I am auntie and cousin for so many and even the ones in prison call me collect. And I'll be like, 'Which of my family members are giving you this phone number?'” KnowsGivingIdeasNumbersMembersMy FamilyOkayWho You ArePrisonPhonesHeyNo IdeaCall MeCousinFamily MembersReunionPhone NumbersFamily ReunionAuntie Author:Sherri Shepherd
“I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already.” WorldGivingHas BeensFiguresInvolvedMembersBenefitsTradePartnersOptimistTraders Author:Iain Duncan Smith
“Households and businesses cut expenses every day. Passing a financial down payment alongside the debt limit sends the right message to the public, and gives members of Congress greater comfort, or cover, depending on your perspective.” GivingGreaterCuttingPerspectiveComfortLimitsMembersMessagesFinancialCongressDebtPassingPassingsExpensesHouseholdPayment Author:John Sununu
“I won't compare ants and people, but ants give us a useful model of how single members of a community can become so organized that they end up resembling, in effect, one big collective brain. Our own exploding population and communication technology are leading us that way.” PeopleWayGivingEndsBigsCommunityBrainTechnologyEffectsCommunicationMembersModelsPopulationCompareOrganizedCollectivesAntsExplodingCommunication Technology Author:Lewis Thomas