Had there not been these safety valves of political parties and elections, we may very well have had no way to change except forceful overthrow of government.
From Terry Sanford
The worst of all outcomes is that the Sandinistas will defeat the democratic fighters, and consequently they would have it all their way.
We have observed all kinds of things, including Cucumber Day. There was a Honeybee Week.
You can't run this nation like a town meeting.
There is a hotline that runs from the college students to their high school buddies.
I have no obligation to deal with slime.
A great many of us have been concerned about the presidential nomination system... whether or not we have drifted into a system that simply doesn't work so well any more.
We just want to make sure the best candidates get the attention they deserve.
Congressional intervention and the availability of intervention demonstrably offset agency indifference; are a guard against arbitrary, improper, and illegal bureaucratic decisions; and provide the power of public pressure to require the nonelected official to be responsive.
We are tired of having our integrity impugned. We are tired of having our sincerity questioned. We are tired of having our intelligence insulted.
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