#thor

We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at the end of the day I'm optimistic that if given a fair hearing and a fair opportunity, that he will be confirmed. ↗

— Alberto Gonzales

#confirmed #day #end #end of the day #fair

I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#authority #bent #get #i #i think

I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor. Most of my colleagues could not. ↗

— Bob Graham

#against #apply #authority #colleagues #could

Yes, more than 100 Democrats voted to authorize Bush to take the nation to war. Most of them did so in the belief that the president and his administration were truthful in their statements that Saddam Hussein was a gathering menace. ↗

— Bob Graham

#authorize #belief #bush #democrats #did

There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues of authority and sex. That hasn't changed since we started doing research on it back in the early 1960s. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#authority #back #been #certain #changed

Different authors write different ways, have different relationships with their audiences, and those are all legitimate. ↗

— John Green

#authors #different #different ways #legitimate #relationships

Teenage readers also have a different relationship with the authors whose work they value than adult readers do. I loved Toni Morrison, but I don't have any desire to follow her on Twitter. I just want to read her books. ↗

— John Green

#also #any #authors #books #desire

Let us hope that good authors who are bad Christians will find salvation through the books they write. ↗

— Julien Green

#bad #books #christians #find #good

Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit but for the authorities. To have it legalized will also be to lose control of it. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#authorities #benefit #certain #control #legalized

The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes. ↗

— William Greider

#burnt #classes #disintegrating #governing #odor