Rodney Alexander Quotes
I absolutely intend to return every penny given to me by my Democratic colleagues and Democratic leaders.
Babington, Charles. "Louisiana Democrat Joins GOP; Last-Minute Switch Enrages Former Party." The Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2004, p. A04.
William Cromwell had sent a $50,000 check to Taft’s Campaign. That would be the equivalent of more than $1 million in year 2000 money. He instructed the campaign manager to return the check. President Theodore Roosevelt thought Taft was being too principled and urged him to accept the money. See {640688} for Taft’s reply. Taft finally compromised between Roosevelt and his conscience, and took only $10,000.
The principle espoused in this quotation is the major reason that Health Care costs are so difficult to control. The individual patient and consumer is not driven by market conditions when his/her life is at stake.
Essentially, this proverb is implicit in almost all political corruption.
The $250,000 sum would come to over $1 million in 2001 dollars. Nixon was not the first President who would only appoint an Ambassador if they made a large campaign donation, but he was the most explicit and overt.
City motto taken from the latin phrase “Pro tanto quid retribuamus” from Psalms 116:12 of the Latin Vulgate Bible.
Eleanor Roosevelt was left the other half of the income. Many people accused FDR of disinheriting his own children, However, he did not. It was the income from the estate that he left to LeHand as she was disabled and had no other source of sustenance or to pay her medical bills. The principle assets were left ½ to his children, and when Missy LeHand passed away, the income then reverted to his children. He explained to his son that the children were all educated and healthy and could earned a living but Missy could not. The children grew up knowing Missy and actually gave her the name “Missy” which stuck. There was no resentment on their part..
Rodney McKinnie Alexander is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs from September 30, 2013 until June 3, 2014. Previously he was the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 5th congressional district from 2003 to 2013. First elected as a Democrat, he changed parties in 2004 to run as a Republican and was re-elected five times. His district covered twenty-four parishes in roughly the northeast quadrant of the state but stretched much further south as a result of the 2010 census.
