#vic

Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since Jackson has claimed the mantle, even while lacking two ingredients of an electoral mandate: a landslide victory and a specific agenda. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#andrew #claim #claimed #congress #constitutional

Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#leaders #like #party #republican #riding

Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#considers #delegates #himself #joe #lesser

He who hates vice hates men. ↗

— John Morley

#men #vice #who

Well, I don't give it out very often, but I reject the notion that you have to be a practitioner to give good advice. ↗

— Barney Frank

#give #good #good advice #i #notion

My family always comes first. My world revolves around my husband, Peter, our daughter, Victoria, and our son, William, but not necessarily in that order. Then, it's this fascinating world of publishing that devours most of my days and many nights. ↗

— Dorothea Benton Frank

#around #comes #daughter #days #devours

I've also committed my time and resources to many local organizations like Christmas in April, Catholic Community Services, and Hudson County Meals on Wheels. ↗

— Vincent Frank

#april #catholic #christmas #committed #community

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both. ↗

— Al Franken

#both #contradicts #encounter #good #good advice

It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#convict #extract #force #his #hold

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#better man #every #find #man #neighbors