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Let Jimmy make this right. Let Jimmy learn and grow from this. Give Jimmy another chance. You won't be sorry." This close openly empowers the board. It beseeches power. It is not arrogant. It permits the board to do what the speaker has asked for, and in doing so, the board can feel good about what it has done. We all want to feel good about w
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Amanda Roberts
@amandaroberts
For his bold judicial opinion he received bushels of letters threatening to kill him and telling him he’d burn in hell for eternity. Kramer had to live with twenty-four-hour police protection and wear a bulletproof vest under his judicial robes. He also strapped on a gun.41
Lillian Faderman • The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
Indeed, I will argue that liberty in the broad sense requires judges and officials, when applying legal principles, to assert norms of reasonableness. Otherwise, self-interested people will use law to claim almost anything.
Philip K. Howard • Everyday Freedom: Designing the Framework for a Flourishing Society
Johnson introduced fewer pieces of legislation than any congressman who served in Congress during the same years as he.
Robert A. Caro • Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II
John McConnell (chief_mcconnell)
@johnmcconnell
During his more than eleven years as a member of the House, he introduced only four bills that would affect the country as a whole; in fact, since he introduced only three intra-district bills, he introduced only seven bills in all.
Robert A. Caro • Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II
He has integrity. He does what is right, not what is expedient.