#petition

It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#denial #distinguish #general #impossible #mind

The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#burning #came #cutting #down #dynasty

The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#england #household #old #our #petition

Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#bound #constitution #country #debate #england

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it. ↗

— Walt Disney

#along #been #competition #get #how

Because we're sponsored by competing breweries there is always competition. When we were both fighting for ninth or 10th place, nobody really cared except the two companies. ↗

— Larry Dixon

#because #both #breweries #cared #companies

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#history #living #repetition #way #wrong

Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again. ↗

— Jerome Lawrence

#back #because #bored #boredom #broadway

We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition. ↗

— Kenneth Lay

#first #helping #markets #open #ourselves

Our role is to maintain and monitor a framework in which fair competition can flourish. ↗

— Arthur Levitt

#fair #flourish #framework #maintain #monitor