#claim

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#always #any #blood #earned #followers

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

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And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#family structure #fight #fighting #find #had

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it. ↗

— Henry George

#asking #him #proclaim #sees #truth

I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#canada #cause #claim #future #her

Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical ends. ↗

— Edward Levi

#builds #changing #claim #ends

Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America. ↗

— John L. Lewis

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That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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As far as I'm concerned, the people who aren't paying taxes don't get to run around claiming that they built everything, that the built the roads and that they built the bridges and so forth. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#as far as #bridges #built #claiming #concerned

Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material. ↗

— John Linder

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