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You cannot declare martial law without the support of Congress. It will be crazy for the President to declare martial law when we know that Congress does not approve of it, what with the present climate in the Senate,

While the world may feel entitled and have the power to pronounce an individual crazy, are there times when the innocent genius, the insightful individual or just the old grandmother may reasonably declare the world to be mad? Probably, but what hope or happiness would such an individual have?

The government could cite the bomb as a reason to declare emergency rule.

The special election may be an albatross today, but it won't necessarily be one in 2006. If even one of his initiatives passes in November, the governor could declare victory.

And what about the right to declare war? The executive branch does not have that right; only Congress is given that power by our Constitution.

Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.

It would be a grave mistake to declare this round at end,

Tonight we celebrate the value of sport as a means of bringing together people of 71 nations and territories, and from a wide range of cultures, traditions and beliefs. It gives me the greatest pleasure to declare the 18th Commonwealth Games open.

We have decided to declare Monday, October 10 a paid holiday for the whole country.

Scientific fraud is not new to us. It is not rare, but it is not common either. It happens at a frequency that's high enough to bother certainly people in the United States Congress, and probably others as well. But it is not frequent enough to declare that because the peer review system cannot reliably detect it, something has to be done about the peer review system. I think the peer review system is not quite fine, but absolutely the best thing we have.

seemed uncertain and sluggish, hesitant to declare martial law or a state of emergency, which would have opened the door to more Pentagon help.

Despite the general eagerness to declare that the soft patch is behind, the return to robust growth is nowhere in sight.

Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; / Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

declare free and open public elections within 60 days.

Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.

Declare today a holiday -- imagine every day is a holiday. Do one little thing that stimulates this holiday mood each day, then watch your worries fade away.

A son whom a damsel secretly bears in the house of her father, one shall name the son of an unmarried damsel and declare such offspring of an unmarried girl ,to belong to him who weds her ,afterwards .

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

Sometimes they don't play it off at all in these tournaments. They just declare co-champions,

The revolution of 1917 dramatically changed the destiny of our country, ... Keen not to allow confrontation in the future, in the interests of unity... I declare the November 7 (Revolution Day) holiday to be the Day of Accord and Reconciliation.

This is a strong-willed mediator who does not want to declare the mediation process dead yet.

This is simple elementary-school civics. The courts should declare void laws passed in an unconstitutional manner.

In either case I have to point out my opposition to Guatemala participating in armed operations in any part of the planet. We can't tolerate that they declare them martyrs and heroes and let that be enough to prevent an investigation into the matter.

In discussing my options the last couple of weeks with my family and Coach Dixon, I feel that it is in my best interest to declare for the NBA Draft. I will not hire an agent, leaving me the option to return to the University of Pittsburgh for my senior season. The draft process will provide me a great learning experience and will help me become a better player.

In front of God, everything that is sacred, I declare that there was no manipulation.

I'm sure Oconomowoc Memorial's administrators will report that the hospital is operating at about 60 percent capacity, but that doesn't tell the real story. As a community, we need to plan for peak periods, and Oconomowoc Memorial is forced to declare emergency bed status often enough to indicate that there's a real problem here.

I'm very happy to declare publicly what almost all of us in New England already know: David Ortiz is the greatest clutch hitter to ever wear the uniform of the Boston Red Sox. I say 'almost' because beginning today' the debate will begin.

I'm very happy to publicly declare what almost all of us in New England already know.

I'm not surprised by Mayor Goodman's reaction. I respect the mayor. I think he's a good guy, but he has always had an anti-homeless bent and he revels in name-calling. We didn't delight in ranking Las Vegas as a mean city again. We're just trying to put the spotlight on the city and let the mayor know that Las Vegas will never get off the list as long as he continues to declare war on the homeless.

If there is no permanent settlement before May 1999, the Palestinians will have to declare unilaterally their own state because, otherwise, politically they are doomed.

I hadn't used the club and I didn't bend it during the course of play. In that case, I thought I could just declare it out of play, but he (the rules official) said it was disqualification. ... I have no idea how it got bent. I didn't hit it all day, so maybe it happened (Saturday) and I never noticed until I pulled it out of the bag.

I hope they will not provoke me to declare martial law,

The authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president.

Not recognizing a single charge brought against me, and having no other way to protest against my actually unlimited confinement, I declare a hunger strike until the (Swiss) Federal Office of Justice decides on my extradition or release,

I want to give the president all the tools possible, ... ...Giving the president power to declare an energy emergency sends a very sharp message to people that we are going to be coming after them

The military can set an example, ... I would suggest our president declare right now that we are transitioning our military fleet to alternative energy.

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It's way too early to declare a winner. There most likely won't be any products making an impact on the market for two or three years.

I raised the issue that if you go past four overtimes, that you shouldn't declare co-champions, that it should go to penalties, ... And the first thing that Bruce said was, 'It won't get that far.' That was my first experience with Bruce.

Iraq is committed to declare all it possesses regarding weapons of mass destruction, if it still has any of them ... and will also declare all of its activities in the chemical, biological and nuclear fields, even those of civilian use,

I hereby declare before you that Iraq is clear of all nuclear, chemical and biological weapons,

By the majority resolution, we will be disenfranchising every voter who went to the polls in the state of Florida. This does nothing but jeopardize the process... and (we) declare ourselves the paramount authority just as the United States Supreme Court considers these very same issues.

Byron has progressed well during the week and was a little better each day. But I'm not going to declare whether he'll play until I have to.

I don't know how you can declare an emergency at the border and be perceived as being pro-illegal immigration.

GE Capital might be able to declare certain defaults. Delta believes that maintaining the GECC agreements would be of substantial assistance in managing its business.

The truth of the matter is, we opened up the aperture and said, 'Okay, we can declare success as long as we stay above or at what DoD's goal was',

A new lens to look through. Hear the pain in people's speaking. People who have an ear to hear can hear. You will no longer tolerate what you used to tolerate. A second point of reality. Declare a new future. There are no right answers. There is no is. Give people breakdowns. It's the loving thing to do. What's being revealed here? Dogs don't have things wrong. Wrong disempowers people. Upsets indicate a ''right'' that's been violated. Notice when you are angry that you are the only one around. The only constant thing is you. Business is made up. It's invented. We invent our world through language. If it really turns you on, you may want to inform your face. There is no ''right'' way. A chair is only a chair because we say it's a chair.

Avoid large crowds, keep moving, know that law enforcement can declare unlawful assembly any time. If that happens, you need to get out.

All you have to do is declare bankruptcy and you can run away from your contract, so the retirees expect the leaders will have to do something to avoid G.M. declaring bankruptcy.

The courts must declare the sense of the law and if they should be disposed exercise will, instead of judgment, the consequences would be the substitution of their pleasure for that of the legislative body.

The children take the animals in a ring and they have a judge. There will be maybe four or five classes for the hogs, and the judge will pick the top two and then declare an overall grand champion.

This is one where everybody can declare victory and go home.

Accordingly, on behalf of the state Election Canvassing Commission and in accordance with the laws of the state of Florida, I hereby declare Governor George W. Bush the winner of Florida's 25 electoral votes for the president of the United States,

It is with a great deal of excitement that I announce my decision to declare for the 2006 NBA draft. Playing in the NBA has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. There were a lot of things to consider before I made my decision to enter the draft and after careful consideration I am confident that I made the best decision for me.

It's not a deception, ... What John Paul II said was that these tribunals must work according to truth, and not according to 'Oh, these people are suffering so and let us declare it invalid.'

It's something of a frustrating issue. The public thinks not enough is being accomplished. I don't know if we'll ever be able to declare it clean.

It seems like the rest of the world has figured it out. When are they going to figure it out? When are they going to declare a crisis and start running a company as though it is in a crisis?

We certainly are not about to declare victory,

We certainly couldn't declare a victory, by no means. But I think so far, so good would be fair.

We will argue vigorously that the federal courts have not only the right but the responsibility to declare that the Air Force guidelines violate the U.S. Constitution.

We had a lawful election. We've had a certification of that election, and the only way that the Bush electors would be de-certified is if the courts finally declare Al Gore the winner, ... So we're really talking about an insurance policy for George Bush. It's a win-win situation for him.

We can now declare dividends from the coconut levy funds to benefit our coconut farmers,

We have 28 practices until our next game. The best guy's going to play. We took the same approach when Brad Smith was a freshman. We're not going to shut it down and declare anyone a starter.

ABRIDGE, v.t. To shorten.When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for people to abridge their king, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. --Oliver Cromwell

It looks like we're weathering the energy shocks pretty well, but it is too soon to declare us out of the woods.

It's going to take a couple weeks to get a decision but both sides will declare victory tomorrow.

How pleasant it is to spend an evening in this way! I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.

I don't want to declare victory, by any means. There's still a lot of work to be done. But the signs we saw coming off the third quarter, including the job numbers, were very encouraging.

I declare that I didn't vote during the third round, as I also stated at the time of voting.

I declare the Games of the 28th Olympiad closed and, in accordance with tradition, I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now at Beijing to celebrate with us there the Games of the 29th Olympiad.

I declare the resignation of the government of the Russian Federation,

I do think the right to privacy (used by the Supreme Court to declare a constitutional right to have an abortion) is protected under the Constitution in various ways.

If he's been declared incompetent by justices in human rights trials, I don't see how these same courts will declare him competent for economic trials,

All speculations regarding my role in the third round of candidate cities for 2012 are completely unfounded. I declare that I did not vote during the third round, as I had announced during the election in question.

And anyway, we have seven days in which to declare an election. We are not too concerned.

To make a pledge of any kind is to declare war against nature; for a pledge is a chain that is always clanking and reminding the wearer of it that he is not a free man

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he will always declare that it is his duty.

Whether one or many, I must declare my faith that it is better for India to discard violence altogether even for defending her borders

We should declare war on North Vietnam - we could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I flatly declare that a man fed on whisky and dead bodies cannot do the finest work of which he is capable

But I'd like to declare that, when we have differed on an issue, at the end of that my respect for him is enhanced,