#prom

We further decree that the Senate of the United States elect a prominent Democrat as their presiding officer, to act as President until the next election, and to reconstruct the Cabinet according to our wishes hereafter to be declared. ↗

— Joshua A. Norton

#act #cabinet #declared #decree #democrat

People have tremendous power, more than the average person understands, and certainly more than even I understood before I came to Congress. When any of my constituents writes me a letter, I promise you, we're listening. ↗

— Charlie Norwood

#average #average person #before #came #certainly

I think pot should be legalized, but I think the promotion of party culture is irresponsible. ↗

— Krist Novoselic

#i #i think #irresponsible #legalized #party

Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it. ↗

— Jim Nussle

#accountability #actually #certainly #government #know

It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#amendment #compromise #constitution #embodied #expedient

Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#changes #correction #deficiencies #despite #encouraging

Apple is in a position they've been in a lot of times before. They're like Moses showing the way to the promised land, but they don't actually go there. ↗

— Tim O'Reilly

#apple #been #before #go #land

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.' ↗

— Barack Obama

#everybody #good #huh #legislation #like

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost. ↗

— Barack Obama

#common #else #exists #government #job

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land. ↗

— Barack Obama

#care #century #debate #health #health care