#insist

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#class #class consciousness #consciousness #destinies #general

Claims of right and insistence upon obligations may depend upon treaty stipulations, or upon the rules of international law, or upon the sense of natural justice applied to the circumstances of a particular case, or upon disputed facts. ↗

— Elihu Root

#case #circumstances #claims #depend #disputed

I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised. ↗

— Alfredo Stroessner

#country #exercised #fully #had #i

That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That was the only thing I insisted upon. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#clue #i #idea #insisted #only

After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#accountable #adult #adult life #after #better

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone. ↗

— Anne Bronte

#attempt #clear #firmly #go #hand

The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#faith #fulfilled #good #good faith #indian

One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#born #had #india #insist #lived

It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#insist #money #spending #time #us

When I was in college, I was the editor of the literary magazine and insisted neither the editors nor the writers be specifically identified-only our student numbers appeared on the title page. I love that idea and still do. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#college #editor #editors #i #i love