#district

For example, in my district there are visitors from all over the world who are drawn to our beautiful beaches, recreational lakes, habitat wildlife preserves and golf courses. ↗

— Mark Foley

#beautiful #courses #district #drawn #example

General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the city of New York. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#army #bulk #city #district #general

There's no doubt about it, earmarks are not very popular. There are good earmarks and bad earmarks. The good earmarks are the ones I get for my district. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#bad #district #doubt #earmarks #get

In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because the politicians who controlled housing were doing so in a very discriminatory fashion. ↗

— John Hume

#class #controlled #difficult #discriminatory #districts

To the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps. Not even the ones holding betting slips, the ones who are usually beyond caring. Possibly because they know me from the Hob, or knew my father, or have encountered Prim, who no one could help loving. So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#dissent #district- #love

I grew up in Tom DeLay's district. ↗

— Paul Begala

#district #grew #i #tom #up

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#aunt #await #children #come #district

I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks. ↗

— Patty Duke

#childhood #district #fantasy #historic #house

Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. ↗

— John Engler

#body #legislative #purest #redistricting #take

Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment. ↗

— Bob Filner

#amendment #country #district #gangs #i