#incumbent

The Internet provides the access to resources, so it's incumbent upon the people who control those resources to make sure that the economic engine stays intact. ↗

— Michael Nesmith

#control #economic #economic engine #engine #incumbent

As I got more successful, I felt it was more incumbent upon me to help the other people. I did more and more and the more I did the more I wanted. ↗

— Monty Hall

#felt #got #help #i #incumbent

Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders). ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#additional #bipartisan #deeply #gain #incumbents

The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all. ↗

— Protagoras

#advice #anyone #athenians #city #else

Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to. ↗

— Dan Aykroyd

#barrel #common #common enemy #consumer #driven

I actually defeated an incumbent Republican senator who was part of the Jesse Helm's political machine in North Carolina, the result of which is I'm now the senior senator from North Carolina instead of Jesse Helms, which is a very good thing for this country. ↗

— John Edwards

#carolina #country #defeated #good #good thing

I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is incumbent upon those of us in opposition to try to work within what are always arduous circumstances to stretch the limits of the possible. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#am #arduous #circumstances #i #i am

It is incumbent upon all of us to build communities with the educational opportunities and support systems in place to help our youth become successful adults. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

#build #communities #educational #educational opportunities #help

Romney has to convince the American public that they need to do something they're not usually inclined to do - replace a sitting president with a challenger. And unlike in 1980 and 1992, when the public was persuaded to do just that, the incumbent president has not been weakened by a primary opponent. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#american public #been #challenger #convince #inclined