#basis

If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#accountability #basis #being #being done #done

So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#basis #bass #bass player #could #fact

Individual and national rights to wealth rest on the basis of civil and international law, or at least of custom that has the force of law. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#civil #custom #force #individual #international

Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#basis #democracy #ideals #moral #once

The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#basis #build #coalition #doctrine #embraced

Getting pregnant wasn't easy, and I found that devastating. I really beat myself up for waiting so long when I'd always wanted children and family had been the basis of my happiness my whole life. ↗

— Emily Procter

#basis #beat #been #children #devastating