#rote

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#congress #due #expire #extend #federal

We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#begin #darfur #diplomatic #ensure #for the people

I think it is important also to recognize that our Customs border protection officers who secure our borders and conduct inspections of people in vehicles and cargo are also facing staffing shortages. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#border #borders #cargo #conduct #customs

It is sad that the Republican leadership is not as interested as they say they are in protecting the institution of marriage as they are in waging a campaign to divide and distract the American people from the real issues that need to be addressed. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#american #american people #campaign #distract #divide

If there is no threat to the lives of the citizens, our tactic will be to not intervene or impede members of the protest in expressing their will freely. ↗

— Vano Merabishvili

#expressing #freely #impede #intervene #lives

The first sequel thing I wrote was this 'Forever Dawn' thing that will never get out, because it's horrid. But it's a really good outline for 'Breaking Dawn' - it's very similar. I knew what I was doing, which is good, because I think if I hadn't, there might have been a lot of pressure. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#been #breaking #dawn #doing #first

Do we want an Attorney General who will play politics with the law, play politics with the court and just play politics with international conventions designed to protect our troops? I do not want to play that kind of politics. I am going to vote against Alberto Gonzales. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#am #attorney #attorney general #conventions #court

Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#experience #flavor #fought #life #never

From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives. ↗

— Laura Miller

#big #big difference #cares #city #city hall

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history. ↗

— Kate Millett

#been #children #history #minors #more