The (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) has made it clear that they want to highlight Richard Pombo because of his leadership on updating and reforming the Endangered Species Act and on energy independence, and so that's made him a target. And so you don't take anything for granted in politics.
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The only place we were really told to tone it down - where other people would use the word censorship, but I wouldn't - was when we did MTV right after the Beavis and Butt-head thing.
But none of the means of information are more sacred, or have been cherished with more tenderness and care by the settlers of America, than the press. Care has been taken that the art of printing should be encouraged, and that it should be easy and cheap and safe for any person to communicate his thoughts to the public. And you, Messieurs printers, whatever the tyrants of the earth may say of your paper, have done important service to your country by your readiness and freedom in publishing the speculations of the curious. The stale, impudent insinuations of slander and sedition with which the gormandizers of power have endeavored to discredit your paper are so much the more to your honor for the jaws of power are always opened to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.
Independence is considering it. The only thing that limits us is our resources. If we did it with too many chambers, there wouldn't be enough people.
The people who died here were victims of one of the cruelest visitations of evil this nation has ever seen, ... But we offer them today not pity but honor, for as much as any soldier who ever fought in any war, they paid the price for our freedom.
The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
The policy of the house of Austria, which aimed at destroying the independence of Hungary as a state, has been pursued unaltered for three hundred years.
This way of working with actors that I have found now is normally a great pleasure, because it means giving a lot of freedom to some people-and to see them enjoy that freedom and to give to the project is usually very nice.
When presidents have overstepped the rule of law, history demonstrates how it undermined our core freedoms. We hope that Congress will assert its proper oversight role and demand accountability from the administration. The American people deserve no less from their government. Freedom and liberty must not be trumped by presidential power.
There is no calling in life nobler than to serve the people of one's nation in pursuit of the Jeffersonian ideal of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I, for one, feel privileged every day, every single day to be able to serve the people of the Philippines and to be associated with democrats like you from all over the world.
All freedoms, including the freedom of speech, come with responsibility. ... Having the right to cause offense does not make it right to do so.
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
The National Rifle Association, the major voice of the powerful gun lobby, greeted the news joyfully. This is a historic victory for the NRA. Freedom, truth and justice prevailed, ... No other industry is forced to defend themselves when a violent criminal they do not know, have never met and cannot control, misuses a legal non-defective product. American firearms manufacturers will now receive the same fair treatment.
Owning a Chrysler, Jeep or Dodge vehicle should be a worry free experience for customers. Therefore, our goal with the Miles of Freedom Plan is to provide our customers with ownership benefits unequaled in the industry. The combination of free gasoline, free scheduled maintenance and a full-warranty puts our customer's mind at ease and allows them to fully experience the joy of driving one of our vehicles.
I think these events make young people aware of their heritage and the sacrifices that the patriots made to achieve their independence,
It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.
If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.
I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.
Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it.
The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end.
Now the Cinderella Complex tends to hit women after college . . . . When the first thrill of freedom subsides and anxiety rises to take its place, they begin to be tugged by that old yearning for safety the wish to be saved.
If you dream for freedom, if you dream for love, if you dream for your future, that is not good because that causes pain and suffering.
The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.
The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant.
It makes no sense to put dam removal on the back burner and to place all eggs in the 'other measures' basket, when there are no affective alternatives to dam removal that the NMFS has put on the table. A big illusion among the public is that those alternatives (to dam removal) have been identified by the NMFS. Somewhere between May 18 and the draft biological opinion that is now public, a decision was made to abandon the course that was consistent with the best science. The NMFS doesn't have that freedom.
I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.
Total freedom is never what one imagines and, in fact, hardly exists. It comes as a shock in life to learn that we usually only exchange one set of restrictions for another. The second set, however, is self-chosen, and therefore easier to accept.
Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the scholars wondered, of 22 Arab states, covering nearly 300 million people Their conclusion Of all world regions, the Arab countries scored the lowest in freedom, media independence, civil liberties, political process and political rights.
I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.
For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.
liberty and civilisation have everywhere and at all times emanated from towns
China cannot lead or be recognized as a leader unless it is viewed as abiding by universal standards for human freedom.
A democracy, that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people of course, a government of the principles of eternal justice, the unchanging law of God for shortness sake I will call it the idea of Freedom.
Beyond loyalty to the process of law, how do you view this law when it comes to expanding our personal freedom Is it important enough for you to say in some instances, I will not use my skills as a lawyer because I don't believe that that is a cause that is consistent with my values and belief
To communist China, insisting on our country's sovereignty and dignity and seeking recognition from the international community are moves advocating separatism and independence,
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
The most important lesson that man can learn from his life is not that there is pain in this world, but that it depends upon him to turn it into good account, that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy... Man's freedom is never in being sav
For a country to enter the EU, there has to be full respect of minority rights, freedom of thought and expression. If you drag your feet and make cosmetic changes ... then this won't do. To believe that, you would need to be a child.
The men and women who serve today can know that they have the complete confidence of the commander-in-chief, and the respect of the entire nation, ... They know, too, that they follow a long and unbroken line of brave Americans who came to the defense of freedom.
A real leader has the ability to motivate others to their highest level of achievement then gives them the opportunity and the freedom to grow.
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
The Law of God reaches into every area of life, and it brings about incredible blessing and incredible freedom.
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence, but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive them off, after several stubborn fights.
Passion is not friendly. It is arrogant, superbly contemptuous of all that is not itself, and, as the very definition of passion implies the impulse to freedom, it has a mighty intimidating power. It contains a challenge. It contains an unspeakable hope.
What shall befall me in the pursuance of this work, I refer to the disposal of Almighty God, whose glory is dearer to me, not only than my liberty, but than my life.
Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
I recognize you for your service and I thank you for the freedom, the gift of liberty that you gave me and my children.
Each of their surprise disclosures has contained additional reasons for concern about whether Roberts would use his lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court to be an activist for an ideological agenda or an advocate for Americans' personal freedom.