#mandate

I conclude where I began, I was elected by the people of Australia to do a job. I was not elected by the factional leaders of Australia, of the Australian Labor Party to do a job - though they may be seeking to do a job on me, that's a separate matter. The challenge therefore is to honour the mandate given to me by the Australian people. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australian #began #by the people #challenge #conclude

It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better. ↗

— Marya Mannes

#any #better #enormous #enough #group

And in terms of their crown jewel legislative achievement: who knew that when asked, 'will government impose a new federal mandate requiring middle class Americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not?' The answer would be 'Yes we can!' ↗

— Artur Davis

#afford #answer #asked #buy #class

It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody. ↗

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

#basis #bush #chinese #discovered #everybody

What the Idaho Health Freedom Act says is that the citizens of our state won't be subject to another federal mandate or turn over another part of their life to government control. ↗

— Butch Otter

#another #citizens #control #federal #freedom

I think we need to get the measurements that Congress has mandated from the White House on how we're going to determine progress in Afghanistan. ↗

— Jeanne Shaheen

#congress #determine #get #going #house

Fox came to us with the concept for ICE AGE and they came to us with the first draft of the script. They also gave us a mandate to make it into a comedy from what was previously a rather dramatic action concept. ↗

— Chris Wedge

#age #also #came #comedy #concept

When dealing with illegal immigration, the answer is simple; enforce Constitutional mandates, and you will protect Floridians and the American people. ↗

— Allen West

#american people #answer #constitutional #dealing #enforce

And then of course, obviously as far as issues such as global warming, something has to be done on the corporate side, there has to be some mandate or some legislation. ↗

— Daryl Hannah

#corporate #course #done #far #global

By definition, a hearing is an inquiry into many sides of an issue with testimony from various points of views. But mark this: The Republicans did not have a single woman to testify in support of the contraception mandate. That is not a hearing; that is a sham. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#definition #did #hearing #inquiry #into