#held

Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years. ↗

— Robert Caro

#anything #being #comes #democracy #elected

Totalitarian states killed with impunity and no one was held accountable. That didn't happen in the West. ↗

— John le Carre

#happen #held #impunity #killed #states

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain. ↗

— Douglas William Jerrold

#duck #held #his #man #merciful

I am a President held prisoner, that I haven't resigned and I will not resign. ↗

— Hugo Chavez

#haven #held #i #i am #president

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#belief #challenged #common #freedom #freedom from

Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#benches #facing #hall #held #perched

I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#channels #fully #grace #held #i

Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to shelve many of the orthodoxies we have held so dear. ↗

— Gavyn Davies

#dear #deflation #held #indeed #inflation

It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched. ↗

— George Gissing

#beheld #creates #emotions #even #eyes

The first time around as a mom, I held on really tight and I was so stressed. ↗

— Bridgette Wilson

#first #first time #held #i #mom