William George Vernon Harcourt Quotes
Let us give our Republic not the best possible laws but the best which they will bear.
William George Vernon Harcourt, 1827-1904, British Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Liberal Party Leader, Letter, 1870
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He was arguing for support to the Greek revolution.
In 2012 the Republicans controlled the House but not the Senate or the White House. As the nation grows, the Congressionally voted budgets have implications and the budget ceiling has to be raised to balance the two. That had always been a bipartisan process over the life of the nation. However, the Republicans in the House decided that they would hold the debt ceiling legislation hostage to pressure the Senate and the White House to pass legislation that the majority of the Senate and the President thought was bad for the country. Krugman advised the President and the Senate to resist giving in to this blackmail even if the debt ceiling was hostage to their demands.
Coolidge had no involvement in politics after his Presidency. He was never consulted by his successor and never resented that fact.
She had been accused of being a follower of public opinion rather than a driver of it as many politicians see themselves. At the time, she refused to stake out specific positions in her contest for the presidential nomination of her party—the socialists. She won the primary, the first such French woman, but lost in the general election.
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