#stance

The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#assistance #being #charter #commission #commitment

The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences. ↗

— George Soros

#consequences #costs #countries #did #extensive

Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#challenging #circumstances #consider #grew #i

I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#believe #bend #circumstance #constitution #honor

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal. ↗

— Bishop Robert South

#conscience #consumes #creeping #does #eats