#incumbent

It is incumbent upon us to respond to the unique needs of military women and ensure they receive proper care during the first year following childbirth. ↗

— Susan Collins

#childbirth #during #ensure #first #following

The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence. ↗

— Robert Peel

#being #citizen #community #duties #every

Games is probably the biggest industry today that has gone really social, right. I mean, the incumbent game companies are really being disrupted and are quickly trying to become social. And you have companies like Zynga. ↗

— Mark Zuckerberg

#being #biggest #companies #disrupted #game

We have been frustrated that there are a number of incumbents in Maryland offices who have been in office for years and years and show no movement or desire to pass the torch. ↗

— John Mahoney

#desire #frustrated #incumbents #maryland #movement

Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#attachments #beliefs #beyond #districts #enjoy

Bouncing a sitting president requires conscious action, a national decision to redirect the country's course. This cuts against the grain, and that's why incumbents have a natural advantage. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#advantage #against #bouncing #conscious #country

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#debts #every #generation #goes #incumbent

Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

#fools #incumbents #rush #tread #where

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