#embers

The UN Commission on Human Rights, whose membership in recent years has included countries - such as Libya and Sudan - which have deplorable human rights records, and the recent Oil-for-Food scandal, are just a few examples of why reform is so imperative. ↗

— John Linder

#countries #deplorable #examples #few #human

The shows are so different from each other, depending on whether I play with my band, Nine Stories, other musicians, an orchestra, only one or two members of my band. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#depending #different #each #i #members

The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#consider #correction #delinquent #divine #duty

Instead of putting Americans to work, the Teamsters have been busy yanking members off projects and idling construction projects from California to Indiana to New York in order to shake down employers. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#busy #california #construction #down #employers

Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#direct #elected #electoral #electoral college #members

Our members are very much maligned. Obviously the average age is 60 something, but they all have children and grandchildren, they understand what we need to do, they want to win. ↗

— Francis Maude

#average #children #grandchildren #maligned #members

We said in our 21st Century Party paper there are 61 mosaic groups, which the market research people use as different socio-economic categories and half of our members come from just five of those groups and that is very narrow - too narrow. ↗

— Francis Maude

#categories #century #come #different #five

I have family members who live in Africa. Because of the family that lives there, I know what is happening in these countries, and it seems so silly to me that diseases like malaria are so prevalent when they are entirely preventable. Yet children are still dying every 35 seconds. ↗

— Katharine McPhee

#because #children #countries #diseases #dying

My focus and that of all members of the Government responsible for delivering services to the public is to make sure that the public sector can use all the skills it needs to do the job the public wants it to do. ↗

— Estelle Morris

#focus #government #job #make #members

The president has undermined trust. No longer will the members of Congress be entitled to accept his veracity. Caveat emptor has become the word. Every member of Congress is on his or her own to determine the truth. ↗

— Bob Graham

#become #congress #determine #entitled #every