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Freedom is not only a gift but also a summons to personal responsibility, the preservation of freedom calls for the cultivation of virtue, self-discipline, sacrifice for the common good, and a sense of responsibility towards the less fortunate. It also demands the courage to engage in civic life and to bring one’s deepest beliefs and values to reasoned public debate. – John Paul II	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It was very effective mainly because it interfered with people’s movement, usually they’re in a hurry and want to get somewhere, and if they’re stopped and have to show their ID and geta summons, it delays them. – Del Castillo	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Keep women far away from song, because it is a summons to adultery #VoiceRaisedOnWomensDay – Proverb	added by anonymous 4 years ago
From an environmental point of view, obviously the slurry discharge... has already caused damage to the ocean and the livelihood of the people because they will not be swimming and they will not be fishing in the area any more, there will be summons to pay compensation. There will be other punishment imposed by CEPA. I'm really not too sure as to what the nature of the penalties may be. – Jerry Garry	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There will be summons to pay compensation. There will be other punishment imposed by CEPA. I'm really not too sure as to what the nature of the penalties may be. – Jerry Garry	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Having considered all the relevant factors I am satisfied that this is a proper case to issue the summons as requested for the three offences as drafted, this means the proposed defendant will be required to attend this court for a preliminary hearing, and the case will then be sent to the Crown Court for trial. – District Judge Margot Coleman	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
She really believes she hears the faint cries of an infant. She summons her husband, who is a self-employed grading contractor. He arrives in the area and descends about a 75-foot ravine to find the child alone with a car seat over the bank. – Scott Fowler	Found on CNN 5 years ago
There are no winners today obviously, this presents a great issue for parents in the state of Texas. They don't know how to proceed when they have a child put in this condition as Payton Summons has been put in. So I believe our fight is going to continue on in order to carve out some real narrow language in the law to provide courts, lawyers and parents guidance because that's what they need in times like this. – Justin Moore	Found on CNN 5 years ago
If Eric Garner was a white man in Suffolk County doing the same thing that he was doing -- even if he would have been caught selling cigarettes that day -- they would have given him a summons and he wouldn't have lost his life that day, i believe that 100 percent. – Gwen Carr	Found on CNN 9 years ago
All human things are subject to decay, and when fate summons, monarchs must obey. – John Dryden	added by anonymous 10 years ago
All human things are subject to decay,And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obeyThis Flecknoe found, who like Augustus youngWas call'd to empire, and had govern'd longIn prose and verse, was own'd, without disputeThrough all the realms of nonsense, absolute. – John Dryden	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage. – Frederick Buechner	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't luckily have to bother about that. – Agatha Christie	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Freedom is not only a gift but also a summons to personal responsibility, the preservation of freedom calls for the cultivation of virtue, self-discipline, sacrifice for the common good, and a sense of responsibility towards the less fortunate. It also demands the courage to engage in civic life and to bring one’s deepest beliefs and values to reasoned public debate.

– John Paul II

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It was very effective mainly because it interfered with people’s movement, usually they’re in a hurry and want to get somewhere, and if they’re stopped and have to show their ID and geta summons, it delays them.

– Del Castillo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Keep women far away from song, because it is a summons to adultery #VoiceRaisedOnWomensDay

– Proverb

added by anonymous
4 years ago

From an environmental point of view, obviously the slurry discharge... has already caused damage to the ocean and the livelihood of the people because they will not be swimming and they will not be fishing in the area any more, there will be summons to pay compensation. There will be other punishment imposed by CEPA. I'm really not too sure as to what the nature of the penalties may be.

– Jerry Garry

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There will be summons to pay compensation. There will be other punishment imposed by CEPA. I'm really not too sure as to what the nature of the penalties may be.

– Jerry Garry

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Having considered all the relevant factors I am satisfied that this is a proper case to issue the summons as requested for the three offences as drafted, this means the proposed defendant will be required to attend this court for a preliminary hearing, and the case will then be sent to the Crown Court for trial.

– District Judge Margot Coleman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

She really believes she hears the faint cries of an infant. She summons her husband, who is a self-employed grading contractor. He arrives in the area and descends about a 75-foot ravine to find the child alone with a car seat over the bank.

– Scott Fowler

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There are no winners today obviously, this presents a great issue for parents in the state of Texas. They don't know how to proceed when they have a child put in this condition as Payton Summons has been put in. So I believe our fight is going to continue on in order to carve out some real narrow language in the law to provide courts, lawyers and parents guidance because that's what they need in times like this.

– Justin Moore

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If Eric Garner was a white man in Suffolk County doing the same thing that he was doing -- even if he would have been caught selling cigarettes that day -- they would have given him a summons and he wouldn't have lost his life that day, i believe that 100 percent.

– Gwen Carr

Found on CNN
9 years ago

All human things are subject to decay, and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

– John Dryden

added by anonymous
10 years ago

All human things are subject to decay,And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obeyThis Flecknoe found, who like Augustus youngWas call'd to empire, and had govern'd longIn prose and verse, was own'd, without disputeThrough all the realms of nonsense, absolute.

– John Dryden

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.

– Frederick Buechner

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't luckily have to bother about that.

– Agatha Christie

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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