#representative

That fatal drollery called a representative government. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#fatal #government #representative

If I can't negotiate something that gets more than four Republicans, I'm not a very good representative of my party. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#gets #good #i #more #negotiate

If we had decided on January 5, in the new House of Representatives, to make no new spending bills, the debt ceiling would've still been hit, because, those are bills that are coming in as a result of purchases and commitments made by the administration and the previous Congress. ↗

— Bill Johnson

#because #been #bills #ceiling #coming

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William James was honored to be asked to speak at a centenary celebration. ↗

— Howard Mumford Jones

#american writer #asked #celebration #died #emerson

We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics, I follow our athletes careers from start to finish, 100% all the way. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#athletes #athletics #careers #deeply #finish

A representative is free delivery; she's a personal beauty consultant. Some people want that high touch. ↗

— Andrea Jung

#consultant #delivery #free #high #people

We also never undercut representatives' prices. A representative will always be able to sell the discounts in our core business, which are not offered at retail. So it's never more advantageous to buy there. ↗

— Andrea Jung

#advantageous #also #always #business #buy

After one hundred years of federal rule, the United States House of Representatives has moved to provide for the first meaningful route to self-determination for the Puerto Rican people under our federal system. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#federal #first #house #hundred #meaningful

I am announcing my resignation from Congress so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can choose a new representative and most importantly that my wife and I can continue to heal from the damage I have caused. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#announcing #back #caused #choose #colleagues

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs. ↗

— Alphonse de Lamartine

#dogs #i #i see #more #people