#officials

But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies. ↗

— Ferdinand Lassalle

#applies #certain #equally #etc #instruments

I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials. ↗

— George Mason

#except #few #i #militia #officials

This commitment to truth is something one senses more and more Americans yearning for, just as they are becoming more and more sophisticated at knowing when the truth is being obscured - an irony that seems to elude most of today's elected officials. ↗

— Michael Musto

#being #commitment #elected #elected officials #elude

Officials at the White House are saying that President Bush hasn't changed his schedule much since the war started. The main difference, they say, is that he's started watching the news and taping Sponge Bob. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#bush #changed #difference #hasn #his

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

Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty. ↗

— Ron Paul

#bureaucrats #congressmen #definition #engineering #federal

The news in Europe, West and East, is still showing America in flames, flood, etc. Cities are shown underwater; befuddled American officials are shown trying to explain why we are winning the war on terrorism. ↗

— Richard Reeves

#american #befuddled #cities #east #etc

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#congressmen #country #democracy #forget #government

My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#because #believe #elected #elected officials #heart

If you begin to give people hope that there is a brighter future, there is a new tomorrow, then the people who were yesterday's terrorists become tomorrow's elected officials and they're part of the system. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#begin #brighter #brighter future #elected #elected officials