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My ancestors did not fight for segregation to be played out again or to indoctrinate little children to alter their natural growth to love without seeing color. – Shawntel Cooper	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it. – John Adams	added by Normando 2 years ago
These are major cases and they're all going to be decided by the conservative majority, in ways that will alter the law in significant ways, the very conservative majority on the court is I think headed in the direction of an absolutely blockbuster term next year. – Paul Smith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What I do is between me and the Lord, to examine and possibly alter the state of grace in which I live, and thereby the state of grace of anybody who listens. – Townes Van Zandt	added by RobertHaigh 2 years ago
I know that there’s no words that I can say that would alter the families’ pain and comfort, i don’t ask for forgiveness because I don’t think I could forgive anyone for doing what I did. – Norma Shaw	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
For monsoon areas, shifting seasons can alter the time of monsoons. This means that patterns of monsoon rains are changed as well. These kind of changes may not sync with crops growth, it could also limit the types of crops grown, encourage invasive species or weed growth, or increase demand for irrigation. – Yuping Guan	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The founders intended that the office of The President be held by people with sufficient virtue, they recognized the risk of someone who is a tyrant abusing the office, but they didn't build a system to prevent it. The question is, will we learn from this, and alter our Constitution to prevent this from happening again ? – Franita Tolson	Found on CNN 3 years ago
If the case is successful, it would dramatically alter how competition in the social network space works. – Michael Kades	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Everyone has a story, it is what defines us. Our story continues to alter as we evolve in-and-out of our own skin, changing in manipulating the world around us. – Brandon Garic Notch	added by Brandon G. Notch 3 years ago
A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is power without a right. All power exercised over a nation, must have some beginning. It must be either delegated, or assumed. There are not other sources. All delegated power is trust, and all assumed power is usurpation. Time does not alter the nature and quality of either. – Thomas Paine	added by Normando 3 years ago
This underscores the point that there is no solution without rent relief, this order doesn't alter rent obligation, but what are we expecting is going to happen when all that back rent is due in January ? – John Pollock	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The officialautopsys findings do not alter in any way the ultimate fact that Deputy Vega acted properly and lawfully. – Adam Marangell	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We want these days which are going to change our daily lives, which are going to alter our common and ordinary life, to serve to protect those who need it most. – Colombian President Iván Duque	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Formation of false memories may alter the interpretation of work-related activities and social interactions with others, there are lots of situations where somebody's memory matters. – Johannes Ramaekers	Found on CNN 4 years ago
This could be 'Iran's Chernobyl moment,' but the question is how is Iranian leadership going to handle it. [After Chernobyl] everything was very much incumbent on one political leader making a decision to accept responsibility and alter political dynamics. – Sanam Vakil	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The closed-door depositions, Ill still be able to be a part of, but then when they go to the open hearings, its just the Intelligence Committee. Adam Schiff gets 45 minutes under the resolution that passed on Thursday to ask questions. The rest, the members get five minutes. Adam Schiff gets to call the witnesses Adam Schiff wants. But Republicans have to first submit a list to Adam Schiff to get his approval for any witnesses we or the White House might want. So you can try to put a ribbon on a sham process, but that doesnt make it any less of a sham. It doesnt make it any less unfair in any less partisan. In a contentiousHouse Rules Committee meetingthat lasted into the night last week, Democrats systematically rejected GOP attempts to alter theground rules that lawmakers will use as they consider impeachment. The rules were later passed in a sharply divided House vote. – Jim Jordan	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The general story is people who play video games right after might be a little hopped up and jerky but it doesnt fundamentally alter who they are, it is like going to see a sad movie. It might make you cry but it doesnt make you clinically depressed. – Patrick Markey	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
No is a powerful word. To me, it’s the single most powerful word in the English language. Said clearly, strongly and with enough frequency and force, it can alter the course of history. – Shonda Rhimes	added by Normando 4 years ago
Avoid constantly trying to adapt to situations, people, and other circumstances that have no value to your future. The phenomenon of always attempting to please and alter behavior is more likely to be unsuccessful then to enhance your life. Adapt by continuing to learn and improve your knowledge – RJ Intindola	added by RJ Intindola 4 years ago
We must restore the longstanding nonproliferation standard of no enrichment for Iran, the United States and United States allies will never allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Maximum pressure on The Iranian regime will continue until its leaders alter their course of action. The Iranian regime must end The Iranian regime nuclear ambitions and The Iranian regime malign behavior. – White House	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
In particular, the U.S. side should alter its extreme pressure methods. – Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We call on all sides to remain rational and exercise restraint, and not take any escalatory actions that irritate regional tensions, and not open a Pandora's box, in particular, the U.S. side should alter its extreme pressure methods. – Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Your presence has no meaning when your absence doesn’t alter their life. – RJ Intindola	added by RJ Intindola 4 years ago
If we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, Donald Trump will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation, who we are and I can not stand by and watch that happen, the core values of this nation, our standing in the world, our very democracy, everything that has made America America's at stake. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 5 years ago

My ancestors did not fight for segregation to be played out again or to indoctrinate little children to alter their natural growth to love without seeing color.

– Shawntel Cooper

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.

– John Adams

added by Normando
2 years ago

These are major cases and they're all going to be decided by the conservative majority, in ways that will alter the law in significant ways, the very conservative majority on the court is I think headed in the direction of an absolutely blockbuster term next year.

– Paul Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What I do is between me and the Lord, to examine and possibly alter the state of grace in which I live, and thereby the state of grace of anybody who listens.

– Townes Van Zandt

added by RobertHaigh
2 years ago

I know that there’s no words that I can say that would alter the families’ pain and comfort, i don’t ask for forgiveness because I don’t think I could forgive anyone for doing what I did.

– Norma Shaw

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

For monsoon areas, shifting seasons can alter the time of monsoons. This means that patterns of monsoon rains are changed as well. These kind of changes may not sync with crops growth, it could also limit the types of crops grown, encourage invasive species or weed growth, or increase demand for irrigation.

– Yuping Guan

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The founders intended that the office of The President be held by people with sufficient virtue, they recognized the risk of someone who is a tyrant abusing the office, but they didn't build a system to prevent it. The question is, will we learn from this, and alter our Constitution to prevent this from happening again ?

– Franita Tolson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If the case is successful, it would dramatically alter how competition in the social network space works.

– Michael Kades

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Everyone has a story, it is what defines us. Our story continues to alter as we evolve in-and-out of our own skin, changing in manipulating the world around us.

– Brandon Garic Notch

added by Brandon G. Notch
3 years ago

A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is power without a right. All power exercised over a nation, must have some beginning. It must be either delegated, or assumed. There are not other sources. All delegated power is trust, and all assumed power is usurpation. Time does not alter the nature and quality of either.

– Thomas Paine

added by Normando
3 years ago

This underscores the point that there is no solution without rent relief, this order doesn't alter rent obligation, but what are we expecting is going to happen when all that back rent is due in January ?

– John Pollock

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The officialautopsys findings do not alter in any way the ultimate fact that Deputy Vega acted properly and lawfully.

– Adam Marangell

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We want these days which are going to change our daily lives, which are going to alter our common and ordinary life, to serve to protect those who need it most.

– Colombian President Iván Duque

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Formation of false memories may alter the interpretation of work-related activities and social interactions with others, there are lots of situations where somebody's memory matters.

– Johannes Ramaekers

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This could be 'Iran's Chernobyl moment,' but the question is how is Iranian leadership going to handle it. [After Chernobyl] everything was very much incumbent on one political leader making a decision to accept responsibility and alter political dynamics.

– Sanam Vakil

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The closed-door depositions, Ill still be able to be a part of, but then when they go to the open hearings, its just the Intelligence Committee. Adam Schiff gets 45 minutes under the resolution that passed on Thursday to ask questions. The rest, the members get five minutes. Adam Schiff gets to call the witnesses Adam Schiff wants. But Republicans have to first submit a list to Adam Schiff to get his approval for any witnesses we or the White House might want. So you can try to put a ribbon on a sham process, but that doesnt make it any less of a sham. It doesnt make it any less unfair in any less partisan. In a contentiousHouse Rules Committee meetingthat lasted into the night last week, Democrats systematically rejected GOP attempts to alter theground rules that lawmakers will use as they consider impeachment. The rules were later passed in a sharply divided House vote.

– Jim Jordan

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The general story is people who play video games right after might be a little hopped up and jerky but it doesnt fundamentally alter who they are, it is like going to see a sad movie. It might make you cry but it doesnt make you clinically depressed.

– Patrick Markey

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

No is a powerful word. To me, it’s the single most powerful word in the English language. Said clearly, strongly and with enough frequency and force, it can alter the course of history.

– Shonda Rhimes

added by Normando
4 years ago

Avoid constantly trying to adapt to situations, people, and other circumstances that have no value to your future. The phenomenon of always attempting to please and alter behavior is more likely to be unsuccessful then to enhance your life. Adapt by continuing to learn and improve your knowledge

– RJ Intindola

added by RJ Intindola
4 years ago

We must restore the longstanding nonproliferation standard of no enrichment for Iran, the United States and United States allies will never allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Maximum pressure on The Iranian regime will continue until its leaders alter their course of action. The Iranian regime must end The Iranian regime nuclear ambitions and The Iranian regime malign behavior.

– White House

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

In particular, the U.S. side should alter its extreme pressure methods.

– Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We call on all sides to remain rational and exercise restraint, and not take any escalatory actions that irritate regional tensions, and not open a Pandora's box, in particular, the U.S. side should alter its extreme pressure methods.

– Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Your presence has no meaning when your absence doesn’t alter their life.

– RJ Intindola

added by RJ Intindola
4 years ago

If we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, Donald Trump will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation, who we are and I can not stand by and watch that happen, the core values of this nation, our standing in the world, our very democracy, everything that has made America America's at stake.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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