#petition

If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#cannot #district #doors #down #interests

Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#competition #country #cuba #government #i

They gave me away as a prize once - a Win Tony Curtis For A Weekend competition. The woman who won was disappointed. She'd hoped for second prize - a new stove. ↗

— Tony Curtis

#competition #curtis #disappointed #gave #hoped

I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#bound #constitution #deciding #dictate #house

The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#conferred #congress #constitution #grants #i

The problem with TV now is that there's so much competition, that you're always on the chopping block. ↗

— Elisha Cuthbert

#block #chopping #competition #much #now

I think the real reason for my improvement is because I had such a long period in the off-season just working as hard as I could on all my new dives; making sure I did lots of repetition to get them consistent. ↗

— Tom Daley

#consistent #could #did #get #had

In 2008 I didn't take it all in enough. I was so wrapped up in just the competition that I missed what was going on around me. If I am given that opportunity again to go to the Olympics and be an athlete I want to take it all in because I feel like this is my last shot and I want to feel the team spirit. I want to really live and breathe the USA. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#am #around #athlete #because #breathe

I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition. ↗

— Robert Kagan

#believe #competition #conflicts #economic #geopolitical

There was no race - but to the extent that there was an arms competition, it was almost entirely on the Soviet side, first to catch up and then to surpass the Americans. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#arms #catch #competition #entirely #extent