#demand

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

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In the economic sphere, the program demanded thorough decentralization and managerial independence of enterprises, as well as legalization of small-scale private enterprise, especially in the service sector. ↗

— Alexander Dubcek

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Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

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I want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee. ↗

— Charles Edison

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The Connection Machines owned by the United States government laboratories were made available to me because they were considered impossible to program and there was no great demand for them at that time. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

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They demanded a monopoly of the coasting trade, in order to get higher freights than they could get in open competition with the carriers of the world. ↗

— Robert Toombs

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When we acquired California and New- Mexico this party, scorning all compromises and all concessions, demanded that slavery should be forever excluded from them, and all other acquisitions of the Republic, either by purchase or conquest, forever. ↗

— Robert Toombs

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I don't mind demanding women. ↗

— Chris Noth

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With the increasing demand for oil around the world and the rising costs in Oregon and throughout the nation, we must focus on the development of alternate energy sources, especially those that are clean, efficient and renewable. ↗

— Greg Walden

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I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling. ↗

— Lech Walesa

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