#obstruct

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for. ↗

— Kate Adie

#being #being used #first #freedom #gulf

Obstruction of Congress in our work is a crime. ↗

— Jason Chaffetz

#crime #obstruction #our #work

People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent. ↗

— Tim Kaine

#obstruction #over #pay #people #political

All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels and modified by mutual interests. ↗

— George Washington

#government #laws #mutual-interest #obstruction #political-parties

Obama is not only obstructing budget reform; it's almost as if he is trying to make matters worse. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#budget #make #matters #obama #obstructing

The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to enable the German economy to function as an economic unit. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#allied #been #carrying #control #council