#representatives

They divided the city into three electoral wards, and in one ward there was 70 percent of the people, the Catholic population, and they elected eight representatives to the city council. ↗

— John Hume

#city #city council #council #divided #eight

Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization, a process began which was almost mechanical. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#been #began #beginning #civilization #class

Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#constitution #exclusively #force #gives #only

And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat? ↗

— John McCain

#certain #cheer #cheering #date #defeat

I'm a liberal where children are concerned, a libertarian where adults are concerned - and thinking very seriously about running for the House of Representatives, for whatever that's worth. ↗

— Daniel Keys Moran

#children #concerned #house #i #liberal

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good. ↗

— James K. Polk

#almighty #almighty god #brought #deliberate #god

I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives. ↗

— Ed Royce

#am #chairman #house #i #i am

In my almost ten years in the House of Representatives, I have voted consistently to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in environmentally friendly ways. ↗

— Virgil Goode

#almost #companies #consistently #drill #environmentally

There is nothing new about these Republican attacks on our family planning decisions. In fact, from the moment they came into power, Republicans in the House of Representatives have been waging a war on women's health. ↗

— Patty Murray

#attacks #been #came #decisions #fact

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#his #house #lincoln #nothing #practically