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How to use the word voluntary in a Sentence?

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Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a FEDERAL, and not a NATIONAL constitution.

James Madison

added by Normando
2 months ago

The Union was formed by the voluntary agreement of the states; and these, in uniting together, have not forfeited their nationality, nor have they been reduced to the condition of one and the same people. If one of the states chooses to withdraw from the compact, it would be difficult to disapprove its right of doing so, and the Federal Government would have no means of maintaining its claims directly either by force or right.

Alexis de Tocqueville

added by Normando
10 months ago

Then, the other aspect is, when you have a community of color that is a voluntary community, people aren’t forced to live there, those are communities that tend to have less of a voice, so decision makers place polluting sources in those communities because there’s not as much howling by people with power when they do. So those communities get the highways; they get the landfills; they get the fence lines.

Katherine Pruitt

Found on CNN
11 months ago

This is a large, voluntary trafficking operation run by a drug cartel who control the route and are the law in this part of the Colombian border near Panama, you pay to get here, you pay to overnight here, you pay to walk on.

Paton Walsh

Found on CNN
11 months ago

That has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives, like any voluntary initiative, whether it’s successful will really depend on how much the US government and others – nonprofits, civil society organizations – really hold industry accountable for that.

Laura Cobb

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In fact, while saying ‘no layoffs,’ numerous carriers cut hours and related pay. Many others initiated voluntary separation agreements that paid fewer hours and salary dollars over a defined future period in exchange for early retirements or similar.

Robert Mann

Found on CNN
1 year ago

No carrier was operating a 2019 level of flying, in fact, while saying ‘no layoffs,’ numerous carriers cut hours and related pay. Many others initiated voluntary separation agreements that paid fewer hours and salary dollars over a defined future period in exchange for early retirements or similar.

Robert Mann

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Of course, voluntary income tax [ is ] not a fixed rate, and they don't have to declare how much income they're making their tax on. So actually it's just like plucking a figure out of thin air.

Laura Clancy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Let me just say, I think the driver on this from the beginning was loads of classified information sitting in Mar-a-Lago. People say this [ raid ] was unprecedented -- well, it's also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club, okay, and how long is the government going to try to get that back ? They jawboned for a year, they were deceived on the voluntary actions taken, they went and got a subpoena, they were deceived on that they feel, and the facts are starting to show that they were being jerked around.

William Barr

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The whole of the circumstantial evidence satisfies me that Mr Dawson is dead, that Mr Dawson died on or about 8 January 1982, and that Mr Dawson did not voluntarily abandon Mr Dawson home, i'm satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the only rational inference that the circumstances enable me to draw is that Mr Dawson died or on about 8 January 1982 as the result of a conscious and voluntary act committed by Mr Dawson with the intention of causing Mr Dawson death.

Ian Harrison

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The approach the United States has been taking has been taking is trying to facilitate voluntary offers, cajole the states to do what the states ultimately need to do, rather than getting out the stick.

Ted Cooke

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When I found out that it was voluntary, well, that's great, because that's the ultimate destination that these individuals want to go anyway, so if it's being provided, as the state of Texas explains, well, they're a little bit lucky in a sense, and it's fortunate for us that we can transport them out even sooner.

Michael Raasch -RRB- McAllen

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This new provision, this money will fund voluntary conservation.

Sarah Porter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We were there for 15 minutes. It was clear that the committee was unable to comply with the regulations regarding use of deposition authority and moreover has no interest in complying with the regulations, we're happy to provide the information if they can either do it fairly and legally or if we can reach a resolution on how to do a voluntary interview which minimizes the risk of election interference.

Tim Parlatore

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The State of Arizona is providing voluntary transportation for asylum seekers only to Washington, D.C., not New York, president Biden created the crisis at the border — he’s failed to respond to calls for action and refuses to even visit the border, so we’re bringing the issue a little closer to home for President Biden.

Doug Ducey

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We really couldn’t in good faith say this event could go on without the required law enforcement number being there at the event to provide security, we can’t force them or require them to work a special event or any overtime event for that matter – it’s really on a voluntary basis.

Paris Lewbel

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

On January 23, 2022, the Department of State authorized the voluntary departure of U.S. direct hire employees and ordered the departure of eligible family members from Embassy Kyiv due to the continued threat of Russian military action. U.S. citizens in Ukraine should consider departing now using commercial or other privately available transportation options.

The State Department

Found on CNN
2 years ago

All Men have a Right to remain in a State of Nature as long as they please: And in case of intolerable Oppression, civil or religious, to leave the Society they belong to and enter into another. When Men enter into Society, it is by voluntary Consent, and they have a Right to demand and insist upon the performance of such Conditions and previous Limitations as form an equitable original Compact.

Samuel Adams

added by Normando
2 years ago

The Board of Trustees of the Vermont State College System (VSCS) approved a motion to support and adopt the Anti-Racism pledge proposed by the Student Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, as recommended by the Board's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee, the pledge is voluntary for VSCS Board members, administrators, faculty, staff, and students, and asks our community members to foster safe, diverse, and inclusive campuses for all people who are part of, and interact with, the VSCS.

Lynn Dickinson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

In the voluntary carbon market space, there is very, very little regulation if any. It is a sort of Wild West, that means we are seeing widely differing standards.

Louisa Casson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Now at this point, it's voluntary. White House officials're asking nicely and hopefully they comply, if they don't, White House officials'll have to take a tougher stance.

Gina Raimondo

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I believe that's going to turn this around because I don't think people are going to want to not go to work or not go to college... They're going to do it, you'd like to have them do it on a totally voluntary basis, but if that doesn't work, you've got to go to the alternatives.

Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They are able to refuse any medication they're offered. Even with the vaccine, it's all voluntary, i believe it's the county and the sheriff's constitutional duty to provide the detainees adequate and appropriate medical care.

Chief Deputy Jay Cantrell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I don't have a sense across the board. But it seems to me that voluntary standards are probably not getting the job done.

Jen Easterly

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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