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“I not going to focus on what I have done in the past what I stand for, what I articulate to the American people. The American people will judge me on what I am saying and what I have done in the last 12 years in the Congress.”

People Years Done Lasts Past Politics Focus Judging Congress Judge Me

Author:Dan Quayle

“History must judge John F. Kennedy not only by what he was able to accomplish in a thousand days, but also by what he inspired all of us to volunteer to do for our country.”

Country Politics Judging Inspired Accomplish Volunteer

Author:T. M. Scanlon

“In a great nation, the majority are incapable of judging wisely of things.”

Politics Nations Power Judging Majority Incapable Great Nations

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“The idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man; and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet-laureat.”

Men Ideas Politics Wise Poet Judging Ridiculous Absurd Mathematician Jury Legislators Inconsistent Hereditary

Author:Thomas Paine

“Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity-thus capitalism can lead to a practical materialism that is as pernicious as the materialism taught by communism.”

Source: A Martin Luther King Treasury

“As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to 'do what the people want,' instead of what the document actually commands, politicians who pick and confirm new federal judges will naturally want only those who agree with them politically.”

People Want Long Law Politics Justice Judging Politician Picks Constitution Agree Lawyer Command Documents Melting Tinkering Federal Judges

Author:Antonin Scalia

“We have only two sources of information about the character of the people around us: we judge them by what they do and by what they say (particularly the first).”

People Firsts Two Character Political Politics Information Judging Source

Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. This political judgment, moreover, is not simply or primarily a right, but like self-preservation, a duty to God. As such it is a judgment that men cannot part with according to the God of Nature. It is the first and foremost of our inalienable rights without which we can preserve no other.”

“Hell is full of high court judges.”

Politics Hell Judging Court Court Judges

Author:Sting

“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962

“If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.”

Ifs Knows Firsts Motivational Political Politics Judging Planning Stubborn Future Plans Future Planning House Divided

Book:The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Source: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates