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How to use the word positions in a Sentence? Page #30

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An important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.

– John Kenneth Galbraith

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... the bears on the album cover are not really 'dancing'. I don't know why people think they are, their positions are quite obviously those of a high-stepping march.

– Owsley Stanley

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My positions are very clear: I never hide the fact that I categorically oppose a Palestinian state inside our country

– Naftali Bennett

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Eminent positions make eminent men greater and little men less.

– La Bruy?re

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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you speak.

– Toni Morrison, American writer (1931-)

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I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women. (On appointing 10 women to top government positions)

– Lyndon B. Johnson

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To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.

– John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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I've often wondered how some people in positions of this kind ... manage without having had any acting experience.

– Ronald Reagan

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People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

– J Danforth Quayle

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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

– Adlai Ewing Stevenson

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People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

– Dan Quayle

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