#refused

When Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cracked down on illegal immigration without getting permission from Obama, they threatened to revoke his 287(g) status. When Sheriff Joe refused to balk, they filed suit against him with a frivolous civil rights claim. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#arizona #balk #civil #civil rights #claim

It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#been #chance #had #i #me

We went into Iraq because Saddam Hussein refused to account for his weapons of mass destruction, consistently violated UN resolutions and in a post-9/11 world no American president could afford to give Saddam Hussein the benefit of the doubt. ↗

— Peter King

#afford #american #american president #because #benefit

It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal. ↗

— Ben Shahn

#after #any #anybody #anywhere #been

I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#chance #here #i #refused #today

House Republican leadership have refused to allow a clean minimum wage vote. Close to 15 million Americans will be affected if we did this. Do Republicans really expect a family to live on less than $11,000 a year? ↗

— Bill Pascrell

#allow #clean #close #did #expect

I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#anybody #i #i am #jungles #never

I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected with it. ↗

— Salmon P. Chase

#because #black #black or white #connected #fees

If the adjustment made by a court can be accepted or not, it will be refused whenever the men can gain more by continuing the strike, with whatever of violence that involves. ↗

— John Bates Clark

#adjustment #continuing #court #gain #involves

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#i #initially #me #nixon #opposed