“Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds.” MindMayShowsVoiceInterestUnitedPowerfulJudgingCitizensLowsHatredJewCrowdsRepublicMultitudesLackingTribesScornTheftAssemblyTreasuryAll The BestStrength Of MindInstigators Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Integrated is the expression of knowledge: an assembly is significant in Unity: united are their minds in the silent dynamism of all possibilities.” MindUnitedPossibilityExpressionUnitySilentSignificantAssemblyIntegratedDynamism Author:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
“President Bush gave a rousing speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Afterward, in a touching show of support, every foreign dignitary shook hands with the president and smiled warmly as he mispronounced their names.” ShowsHumorHandsFunnyNamesNationsPresidentUnitedSupportSpeechTouchingUnited NationsPresident BushAssemblyGeneral Assembly Author:Tina Fey
“Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this State, against every aggression either foreign or domestic, and that they will support the Government of the United States in all measures warranted by the former.” StatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesSupportConstitutionFormerFirmResolutionAggressionAssemblyVirginiaConstitution Of The United StatesGeneral Assembly Book:Selected Writings of James Madison Source: Selected Writings of James Madison
“We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” HumansTodayNationsUnitedRightsMankindEventsUniversalHuman RightsApprovalDeclarationUnited NationsAssemblyThresholdGreat EventsGeneral AssemblyDeclaration Of Human Rights Book:The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Source: The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers
“The First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution were being violated in Albany again and again - freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, the equal protection of the laws - I could count at least 30 such violations. Yet the president, sworn to uphold the Constitution, and all the agencies of the United States government at his disposal, were nowhere to be seen.” FirstsStatesGovernmentLawPresidentUnitedUnited StatesRightsEqualSpeechConstitutionProtectionAgencyAmendmentsFreedom Of SpeechAgain And AgainViolationFirst AmendmentAssemblyState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentEqual ProtectionAlbanyFreedom Of AssemblyFourteenth Amendment Author:Howard Zinn
“The abuse of the veto power has become so predictable that frequently resolutions are not even tabled because of the certainty of a veto against their adoption. Necessary discussion is thereby suppressed. Concerted action by the Security Council, the General Assembly and other United Nations agencies is necessary to prevent major human rights violations, stop ongoing breaches and provide remedies to victims.” HumansActionNationsUnitedRightsSecurityMajorsAbuseVictimHuman RightsCertaintyDiscussionAgencyResolutionRemedyAdoptionUnited NationsCouncilOngoingViolationPredictableAssemblyBreachVetoSecurity CouncilGeneral Assembly Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“A World Parliamentary Assembly functioning outside the United Nations, or a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly set up as a subsidiary body of the General Assembly pursuant to article 22 of the UN Charter, could start initially as a consultative body and gradually develop into a legislative assembly.” WorldBodyNationsUnitedArticlesUnited NationsAssemblyCharterParliamentaryGeneral Assembly Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“To have two Legislative Assemblies in the United Kingdom would, in my opinion, be an intolerable mischief; and I think no sensible man can wish for two within the limits of the present United Kingdom who does not wish the United Kingdom to become two or more nations, entirely separate from each other.” ThinkingMenDoeTwoNationsWishUnitedOpinionLimitsKingdomsSensibleAssemblyMischiefUnited Kingdom Book:The Public Letters of John Bright Source: The Public Letters of John Bright