Sentences with phrase «elected by the good people»

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«I support [Trump's] policies, but this public waterboarding of one of the greatest people Alabama has ever produced is inappropriate and insulting to the people of Alabama who know Jeff Sessions so well and elected him so often by overwhelming margins,» Brooks said in a statement.

that would be good because they ALL become deeply religious unitl they get elected and then... poof... not as big of a deal anymore... sounds like people are getting used by them!

I can also better understand that in times of uncertainty It may be easier for people to trust a learned religious leader than a democratically elected elite put in place by dubiously motivated political constituencies.

After meeting with Muslim scholars the author has a better understanding that in times of uncertainty it may be easier for people to trust a learned religious leader than a democratically elected elite put in place by dubiously motivated political constituencies.

In this context, the tragedy of Oliver North is that the opinions, thoughts and feelings of the people and their elected representatives concerning aid to the contras did not matter; what seemed to matter, in an unabashed exercise of unilateral power, was the provision of such aid, by whatever means, in the name of the national interest, patriotism, and fighting communism, by people who in their actions were claiming they knew what was best for the United States.

The Senate is elected in three classes, one every 2 years, and was originally elected by the state legislatures (putting a filter for lack of a better word between the people and their Senator).

Trying to personally enrich yourself by fanning the flames of hatred towards gay people (which may very well include family members that you do or don't know about) isn't going to get you elected.

Thus after repeated entireties by your elected Governor to both the Assembly and the Legislature, to take up action and to pass my Anti-Corruption Bill, I was ignored this past Legislative session and now deem it in the essential interest of the people of New York to accomplish the goals of my Anti-Corruption Campaign via other means, a «Mooreland Commission» composed of the best legal minds in the State of New York.

«I would rather have those risks that we are likely to face, headed off by a government elected by the British people [and] governing for the British people, than having a government that is one of 27 others where the decisions you want to take - that you believe are best for the United Kingdom - can not be taken because the others don't agree with you.»

«I want to thank the unprecedented alliance of elected officials, led by Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio, as well as the representatives of organized labor and New York's advocacy groups, for campaigning so effectively that the will of the people be properly recognized,» she said.

In a statement, Stewart - Cousins thanked the «unprecedented alliance of elected officials, led by Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio, as well as the representatives of organized labor and New York's advocacy groups, for campaigning so effectively that the will of the people be properly recognized.»

«I feel very privileged to be able to articulate my positions and my opinions on a myriad of subjects, and now I've been encouraged by many people in the general public, as well as Democratic funders and high level elected officials on both sides of the party line to seriously consider running,» the former star of «The Nanny» told reporters at the National Press Club in Washington.

In the document, Milne argued that communism had frightening connotations for most people in Britain «mainly due to ignorance» and he set out a vision where «factories and farms will be run by committees of workers, elected by workers (as in China where this has proved to work very well)».

Do I think that it would be a good idea if parliament delivered a House of Lords that had people who were elected by you — the members of the public — to pass the laws that we all have to live by?

«Giuliani and Bloomberg were elected in part by that old coalition losing its strength and losing its cohesiveness and de Blasio was able to stitch that together better than it had been for over 20 years and he also was able to bring in new constituencies, people of color, immigrants,» said Ken Sherrill, a professor emeritus of political science at Hunter College.

The Senate President disclosed this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, stressed the importance of responsive leadership — stating that both elected and appointed public servants must see their offices as a responsibility to better the lives of the people that they represent using the legislative and policy instruments at their disposal.

«An organization that brings over 25,000 people to our neighborhoods should show us respect by sharing its routes with community boards and local elected officials and working together with us well in advance to determine how we can mitigate the negative impacts of this bar crawl on our local communities and small retail businesses, whose annual sales depend heavily on this time of year,» Hoylman added.

In voting down the idea of elected mayors so widely, and by turning their back on this week's police elections in such vast numbers, the people seem to have understood far better than the politicians how unattractive that patchwork is.

«By the time of the Republican convention, we're going to have a ticket put together that's going to work for the people... Rob Astorino's a good guy, he's a good man, but we need somebody who's going to get elected.

He therefore, calling on the leadership of Ghana's Parliament under the auspices of Prof. Mike Quaye to inform Ghana's Electoral Management Body to declare Kpone Katamanso constituency as vacant and organise immediate by - election to elect new person to represent the good people of the area.

«This is a government elected by the people to govern the people for the good of the people.

What if you attend a local meeting with elected officials on the issue of affordable housing to better comprehend how many people in your community are affected by housing instability and inconsistent tenant rights for renting pet owners?

of the system, and if that means spending prodigious amounts of time navigating the system, well, it's what the government, elected by the people, wants, isn't it?

The new «national executive» would have up to10 members, comprised of 8 people elected by the «national body» including a chair and deputy chair, as well as up to 2 people appointed by the Minister from elected regional councillors;

Your in - house undemocratically «elected» (by approved voting delegates only) revolving - door, part - time, so - called Presidents, although being nice people, are simply puppets at the ends of the strings of the well entrenched regime of mandarin puppeteers.