“A man who murders another shortens by a few brief years the life of a human being; but he who votes to increase the burden of debts upon the people of the United States assumes a graver responsibility.” PeopleMenYearsHumansStatesHuman BeingsUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesVoteIncreaseMurderAssumingBurdenDebt Book:The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan Source: The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan
“The power of the state to impose restraints and burdens upon persons and property in conservation and promotion of the public health, good order, and prosperity is a power originally and always belonging to the states, not surrendered to them by the general government, nor directly restrained by the constitution of the United States, and essentially exclusive.” PersonsStatesGovernmentOrderUnitedUnited StatesConstitutionPropertyProsperityBurdenBelongingConservationRestraintPromotionExclusivePublic HealthConstitution Of The United States Author:Melville Fuller
“God knows that any man who would seek the presidency of the United States is a fool for his pains. The burden is all but intolerable, and the things that I have to do are just as much as the human spirit can carry.” KnowsMenHumansStatesPainSpiritUnitedUnited StatesFoolBurdenPresidencyHuman SpiritSegregationGod Knows Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson
“There is no sense in agreeing or desiring that the United States take an affirmative position in outer space, unless we are prepared to do the work and bear the burdens to make it successful.” StatesSpaceUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulPositionBearsPreparedBurdenOuter SpaceAffirmative Author:John F. Kennedy
“One of the greatest concerns that I had when I became President was the vast array of nuclear weapons in the arsenals of the United States and the Soviet Union and a few other countries, and also the great proliferation of conventional weapons, non-nuclear weapons, particularly as a tremendous burden on the economies of developing or very poor countries.” CountryStatesPresidentPoorUnitedUnited StatesEconomyWeaponsConcernUnionsBurdenNuclearDevelopingSovietNuclear WeaponsConventionalOther CountriesSoviet UnionArsenalProliferationPoor Countries Author:Jimmy Carter