#obtain

The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#authority #calls #eavesdrop #his #international

It is simply not true that war is solely a means to an end, nor do people necessarily fight in order to obtain this objective or that. In fact, the opposite is true: people very often take up one objective or another precisely in order that they may fight. ↗

— Martin Van Creveld

#end #fact #fight #in fact #may

Attempts have been made from a study of the changes produced by mutation to obtain the relative order of the bases within various triplets, but my own view is that these are premature until there is more extensive and more reliable data on the composition of the triplets. ↗

— Francis Crick

#bases #been #changes #composition #data

There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection. ↗

— Paul Getty

#collection #least #liked #obtain #world

Our first object is... the obtaining of sovereignty, assured by international law, over a portion of the globe sufficiently large to satisfy our just requirements. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#first #globe #international #international law #just

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ↗

— Buddha

#envies #envy #mind #nor #obtain

The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion. ↗

— Ken Calvert

#across #act #child #crime #custody

Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#begging #obtained #putting #question #real

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#based #derived #effective #fear #kinds

I always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever have as a D.A. in obtaining a conviction. All my interests and sympathies tend to be on the side of the individual as opposed to the state. ↗

— Jim Garrison

#always #attorney #client #conviction #defense