#aimed

Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#carry #claimed #could #i #little

Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups. ↗

— George Michael

#aimed #bill #democratic #especially #every

It is claimed, but with what truth we cannot say, that there is a well-defined propaganda among the aliens of colour to bring about the degeneration of the white race. ↗

— Emily Murphy

#among #bring #cannot #claimed #colour

War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#aimed #being #collective #confrontation #faced

The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#demonstration #exclusively #formality #preventing #questioning

I worked with the March of Dimes to enact legislation for a national birth defects prevention program to provide surveillance, research and preventive services aimed at reducing the rate of birth defects. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#birth #defects #enact #i #legislation

There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#china #claimed #e-mail #get #girl

In the current climate motorists have a long list of issues from which to choose to raise on the doorstep. Policies aimed at reducing emissions - like the changes to Vehicle Excise Duty or here in Manchester the proposals for congestion charges - are not without controversy. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#changes #charges #choose #climate #congestion

It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by every other means they have of giving currency and importance to the declaration, that it is its mission to abolish slavery in the Union. ↗

— John H. Reagan

#conventions #currency #declaration #every #giving

If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#asked #class #count #family #father