#petition

Be the responsibility on their heads who raise this novel and extraordinary question of reception, going to the unconstitutional abridgment, as I conceive, of the great right of petition inherent in the People of the United States. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#extraordinary #going #great #heads #i

The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of the slave trade, and of slavery in the States, have been cited. It has been said that those petitions were not received. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#cited #house #matter #petitions #proceedings

It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better. ↗

— Gianni Versace

#competition #nice #pushes #valid #you

I think there was a lot competition in the rock scene. ↗

— Jonathan Davis

#i #i think #lot #rock #scene

Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#beat #bed #broadcast #business #competition

If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game. ↗

— Julius Erving

#cause #certain #clearly #competition #dollar

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs. ↗

— Henry Ford

#away #business #competition #costs #cutting

But we're all so different, we're different ages; we're not vying for the same roles. There's no competition, there's really kind of a sisterhood, on and off the set, you know? ↗

— Jeanne Tripplehorn

#competition #different #different ages #kind #know

I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#asking #coming #competition #eliminated #feel

Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#because #competition #democracy #distrust #energetic