"Judge Roberts' civil rights record and views remained the most controversial and unexplained part of his record when the Judiciary Committee hearing concluded, just as his civil rights record and views had been the most controversial part of his record when the hearing began."

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Source : "Reid Announces Opposition to Roberts" by Brian Wilson, www.foxnews.com. September 21, 2005.

Mel Watt

#Rights Quotes #Views Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think, 'I've got no electricity, nothing - tell that to my empty fridge'.”
“It was both Abraham's and the Jews' privilege also that they should have this promise to all generations.”
“Come, I come! ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountain with light and song: Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth, By the winds which tell of the violet's birth, By the primrose-stars in the shadowy grass, By the green leaves, opening as I pass.”

Source : Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans (1853). “Poetical Works”, p.125
“Any new producer starting up is to get investors' confidence. Investors are still very very wary of anything to do with the arts world.”
“There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines.”
“Love, all agreeable as it is, charms more by the fashion in which it displays itself, than by its own true merit.”
“It's my job as governor to set a vision.”
“Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the pastâ€”the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace.”

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