#official

Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#confusion #english #force #instead #language

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#am #became #christianity #empire #execution

The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it. ↗

— Ma Jian

#allowed #apology #been #being #chinese

Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with their ears assailed by the sound of snails whizzing by. ↗

— Eric Johnston

#assailed #ears #government #government officials #headlong

You want to represent the country and you want elected officials that are representative of the country. ↗

— Amy Klobuchar

#elected #elected officials #officials #represent #representative

Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our prompt, official declaration of war, while they characterize as unwise wars of choice the wars in Korea, Vietnam and the current war in Iraq. ↗

— William Safire

#attack #characterize #choice #critics #current

The anarchist painter is not the one who will create anarchist pictures, but the one who will fight with all his individuality against official conventions. ↗

— Paul Signac

#anarchist #conventions #create #fight #his

I think that the status that you have in life should be reflected in official documents. If you are married, fine, if you are living with someone, fine, if you are single, fine. We don't want to tell people how to live their lives. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#fine #how #i #i think #life

Officially, MPAA stands for Motion Picture Association of America, but I suggest that MPAA stands for Malicious Power Attacking All. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#association #attacking #i #malicious #motion

Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other things, a copy of my official family register. After much mental anguish, they decided to inform me of the secret of my birth. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#after #among #anguish #birth #copy