#necessary

Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ↗

— Ben Nelson

#amendment #basis #clear #constitution #convincing

What is best and most necessary usually happens. ↗

— Knute Nelson

#happens #most #necessary #usually

Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary. ↗

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

#does #great #heal #healer #healing

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#beat #establish #i #image #me

In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#cultivate #ethnicity #every #eyes #individuals

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#criticism #criticize #democracy #destructive #freedom

One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work. ↗

— Georgia O'Keeffe

#america #american #feel #going #like

The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#building #corner #cut #decide #entire

It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#cooperation #flourishing #fully #groups #human

Tax rates for the wealthy should revert to Clinton-era levels, both because it is necessary for long-term deficit reduction and because fairness dictates it. Moreover, there is no proof that higher marginal rates dissuade investment, all the rhetoric from the Right notwithstanding. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#both #deficit #deficit reduction #dictates #fairness