Commission Quotes - page 2

The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized; its terms of reference call for providing amnesty for those who cooperate in telling the truth. It does not lead to prosecution. (Jose Ramos-Horta)
The following year, after I had prepared my draft, the Conference of the Interparliamentary Union at The Hague decided to set up a special commission to study the problem seriously. View quote
Ludwig Quidde
I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services. View quote
Imran Khan
The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes. View quote
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year. View quote
Ann Macbeth
The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on official institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and the parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control their destiny. View quote
Bob Schaffer
Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul? View quote
Charles Simeon
These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered with; respecting them we give to you no commission whatsoever. View quote
Caleb Cushing
The commission members themselves were never briefed on Able Danger. View quote
Curt Weldon
I am extremely disappointed by the actions of the 9/11 commission. View quote
Curt Weldon
I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills. (Emanuel Celler)
Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left Switzerland, accompanied by my wife, in order to report for duty. As it happened, a wire reached me a day later calling me to the colors. View quote
Fritz Kreisler
Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience. View quote
Felix de Weldon
As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional. View quote
Gavin Newsom
Sometimes I have to accept a job I don't really want. Hardly anybody comes up to you with a commission; it's all competitions these days. View quote
Helmut Jahn
I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility. View quote
Jim Lehrer
Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security. View quote
Jim Ramstad
The UN Commission on Human Rights, whose membership in recent years has included countries - such as Libya and Sudan - which have deplorable human rights records, and the recent Oil-for-Food scandal, are just a few examples of why reform is so imperative. View quote
John Linder
The 9/11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of the budget, from developing it to implementing it, to ensuring that the National Intelligence Director has the clout to make decisions. View quote
Leonard Boswell
The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation's homeland security. I voiced my disappointment with the House leadership when this report was left until after the August recess for action. View quote
Leonard Boswell
In addition, for almost a year now I have been urging the President, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate suspicious gas price spikes. (Lois Capps)
One of the first things we found out was that the Warren Commission never pursued a conspiracy investigation. View quote
Louis Stokes
Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing. View quote
Louise Brown
My favorite charity is the Womens Refugee Commission and the Nomi network. View quote
Mamie Gummer
Already renewable energy advocates are noting that the 42 miles of above-ground right-of-way between Yosemite and the city could be fitted with enough solar panels to generate at least 40 megawatts per year - a proposal the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has never seriously considered because they currently aren't required to do so. View quote
Matt Gonzalez