Proposal Quotations

The very purpose of the Second Amendment is to stop the government from disallowing people the means to defend themselves against tyranny. Any proposal to abuse executive power and infringe upon gun rights must be repelled with the stiffest legislative force possible.

The real technical problems came because people working on the project didn't really follow my proposal at all, but set out to do other things instead of making a laser.

The proposal that men and women should be treated equally under the law is hardly a controversial concept.

I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because a politician that makes deals with criminals - I've said it, and I repeat it - is no longer a politician but just another 'capo.'

In the nineteenth century, many Anglican theologians, both evangelical and catholic, embraced positively the proposal of evolution.

Formulating the proposal is about 80% of the actual time of the process. In the end, the time spent filming, editing and postproduction is a very small proportion of the total time you spend in the production of the film.

Romance isn't measured by how viral your proposal goes. The Internet age may try to sell you something different, but don't ever forget that viral is closely associated with sickness - so don't ever make being viral your goal.

Is this a proposal? I'm married now, you know.

It's very difficult to decide. And I'm very open to proposals.

The inviolability of the seal of confession is so fundamental to the very nature of the sacrament that any proposal which undermines that inviolability is a challenge to the rights of every Catholic to freedom of religion and conscience.

From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could be so crushed as to lose her position as a Great Power, and become subordinate to German policy.

Romney said that his tax reform proposal is 'very similar to the Simpson-Bowles plan.' How I wish it were.

In 1964, when we first arrived in New York City, I remember vividly seeing the skyline of Manhattan, and our first proposal of 1964 was to wrap two lower Manhattan buildings. We never got permission.

But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.

The medical device tax repeal is the only proposal that had the most bipartisan votes coming out of the House and has the opportunity in the Senate to gain tractions, and it fixes a part of ObamaCare in terms of repealing an awful tax. And it's got bipartisan support.

I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.

The Democrats have no actual policy proposals of their own unless constant carping counts as a policy.

Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.

I always had boyfriends, but I never imagined a proposal or a wedding. To me, that was like having a ball and chain round your neck.

When President George W. Bush attempted to reform Social Security, that proposal was more unpopular with Americans than the Iraq war. People love their entitlements.

Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.

One of the board members came up to a co-worker and myself after the meeting and said 'Your union should have come up with this proposal two months ago,' ... Two months ago they told us it was a rumor so why would we have given them a proposal?

On the heels of the G-20 and Australian offerings on sensitive products, we hope to see much more ambition from the EU. The current EU proposal allows for 8 percent of tariffs, 160 different tariff lines, to be deemed 'sensitive' and thus exempt from strong cuts,

I would characterize it as a very serious proposal to deal with a real world problem and we're going to take a look at it.

We had a very good and useful meeting and I was very pleased to get the Russian proposal on missile defence,

Let us be clear, the proposal before the General Assembly is the fruit of compromise. It cannot be a perfect solution.

One of the things we need to assess as we look at the India proposal is the impact on Iran and North Korea and other nations that are looking to expand or start their nuclear programs and whether this encourages nuclear proliferation or not.

My door is always open to any member who wishes to build consensus on reducing unnecessary spending. My preference is to consider any proposal in a thoughtful, deliberate manner rather than reading about it in the newspaper.

No formal proposal has been made to New Delhi. It is being put across through you,

No evidence of any Tyson Foods involvement in or concern about the USDA's proposal to require safe handling labels predated that announcement,

Now the proposal is yet again another $150 billion before we start to think about a freeze. But $150 billion spent on more government programs; monies being created to direct and what kind of jobs that Washington thinks ought to be created. Come on. I mean there is a government that can help, and the government can also hurt.

My flat tax proposal is still alive and well with the American people and it's on its way to becoming the law of the land before I retire from Congress,

My feeling is that the US domestic support proposal will have a comparable effect to the European Union's 2003 reform of its Common Agricultural Policy,

If we continue with the pathetic proposal for $20 million a year, it would take well over a century, well over 100 years, to get rivers back to where they are safe to swim in.

If this proposal is approved in Minnesota, it will have a disastrous effect on consumers. It will force good drivers and responsible homeowners to subsidize those with poor loss histories by hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

If they want to have the ports and airfields opened they should actually study carefully our recent proposal and then act on it accordingly.

I disagree with Jack and believe his proposal would not serve the best interest of this nation. But he's a good man, a Marine, a patriot, and he's taking a clear stand in an entirely legitimate discussion,

If we have made this proposal to shareholders, in a situation when we are in a kind of combat, it's simply because we have faith in our industrial model.

Many of the programs are doing a great job, but there are not enough funds. Farmers are willing to do their part, but we need to recognize the economic risks they take when they adopt new land use practices. Rep. Kind's proposal will give farmers the tools and incentives they need to be better stewards.

Legally, this is referred to as an increase. There's no two ways about it on the ballot. However, if you look at the preamble, it says this proposal would reauthorize the levy. That tells taxpayers this is something they have paid before.

Sir, I view the proposal to hold an international exhibition at San Francisco with an equanimity bordering on indifference.

Mike Pence has done a fabulous job leading the Republican Study Committee. They have put out a realistic and credible and specific budget proposal to get spending under control when virtually no one else is talking about it.

MSFT could feel modest selling pressure in near-term following 'shock value' of DOJ's proposal that Microsoft be broken up into two separate companies.

She has proposed a number of items that have been at the top of our advocacy agenda for years. In particular, we are thrilled by her proposal to create a small new Office on Hunger and Nutrition that will break through bureaucratic hurdles to better coordinate food programs across City agency lines.

made no proposal and then what there was went up in smoke. . . . He circled around the subject and seemed to be opening the door but then made absolutely clear he was not making a proposal.

So if this is about energy, we've got a very good proposal for that. This would really meet their capacity needs. We don't see any reason to go and develop additional capacity, especially through such very difficult and extremely expensive projects as nuclear energy.

So it's certainly conceivable that the city would entertain any proposal they would come forward with.

Secretary Rumsfeld's proposal to increase the number of troops is a good first step in providing relief for many members of our armed forces.

Knipschildt chocolates are manufactured very differently and can actually be a tourist destination. This particular proposal has been in the works for about six months.

Jack Reynolds (the developer's attorney) told me that a simple language change in their development proposal resulted in the need to rezone the site. They changed the language from 'senior living' to 'age-restricted' and apparently, doing so requires a rezoning if they want to develop the site in the way that they propose.

has offered our musicians an extremely fair contract proposal. ... The contract includes increases in salary and benefits and fully protects the existing overtime system. They have rejected that proposal and walked away from the table.

He is still hoping and cautiously optimistic that the EU will present a strong proposal next week comparable to the level of ambition that the United States has shown on domestic support.

I do not understand how these statements could be made with Congress having yet to be fully consulted ... Indian authorities know more about this important proposal than we in Congress,

I can tell you that the current process is fraught with uncertainty. I like this proposal very much.

Frankly, that's one of the reasons why, after having tried to resolve this issue through negotiations and through a good and reasonable proposal from Russia, we're having to go to the Security Council.

I go back over it in my mind, do it probably too often. There's really nothing. We gave a good proposal. It was a different type of proposal than Charlotte was -- the difference between a downtown museum there and something out on the interstate here. I'm proud of the work we did. I stand by the proposal we made.

Given the sort and level of opposition from the neighbors as to the number of occupants and seasonal workers we would like to be able to house in the building, we have concluded that it might not be in our best interests to pursue this. As the proposal now stands, we would gain only 10 extra beds, and that might not be worth $7-8 million.

I don't remember a proposal on instant replay that sought to open up all penalties for review.

I believe the new government will present a peace proposal ... The truce will be an important part of the peace proposal.

Certainly if the Bush budget proposal is accepted, a lot of people will suffer. We feel very strongly that there needs to be a national system.

Certainly something that can get passed early on is important, ... I think it's a mistake to come out with the most controversial proposal first.

Based on the best available science that we have studied to date, EPA has a proposal for public comment that aims to protect public health and improve air quality while recognizing that the science of particulate matter continues to evolve and contains uncertainties on many levels.

But the project, from beginning to end, was a little over two years, from the time we wrote the proposal to its publication.

But there is not much hope for Americans in blue-collar work being able to hold their jobs if the guest worker proposal is adopted. Concerned citizens will not have much hope that today's illegal workers will leave the country after being given six-year work permits, and they will simply have to hope that there is still a middle class in a few years. President Bush also talked about 'stronger immigration enforcement and border protection,' and we might hope that after decades of broken promises that this time he really means it, but the record does not justify much hope.

China's proposal is still unacceptable to the US textile industry in terms of breadth of coverage and in length -- number of years covered.

Basically, the delegation is coming to discuss the proposal that Pakistan had given to India on allowing travel. The Indian proposal can also be discussed at the meeting.

Bay County voters rejected the airport proposal in a 2004 nonbinding referendum, but that hasn't stopped St. Joe or the state from pursuing this boondoggle. This is neither the time nor the place to build a destructive new airport as corporate welfare. We already have an underutilized airport that can serve the region well into the future when we will know much more about the troubled aviation industry, the realistic prospects for another airport, and the true environmental and financial cost.

We are extremely disappointed with the proposal that passed the House last month.

What you have in our proposal is real cuts in applied levels,

He's afraid of the debate. He doesn't have a proposal and he's afraid.

We support the . . . efforts and the proposal they have put forward to find a diplomatic solution to this problem.

I have strongly rejected the proposal to pardon and transfer her to the United States, ... I do not have the legal power to pardon terrorists and even if I did, I would not use it.

I have submitted a proposal regarding this issue to the ongoing CPPCC session, calling for an early amendment to the existing advertising law.

I am hopeful that the Russian proposal could provide the beginning of a solution.

If we are having a difficult time reaching an agreement now, I don't want to imagine what it could be like in 2006 and 2007. If they don't like our proposal now, they really won't like it then.

If the approach we took with the North Koreans gave the impression to the Iranians that the European proposal is unworkable because of a lack of American support, that could be a problem,

If the Fish and Wildlife Service does undertake a rigorous, scientific process to peer review this, they will have no choice but to reject this proposal from the state of Idaho. The conclusions were reached prior to the state obtaining the data and the data does not scientifically substantiate the conclusions.

The rank and file members of the club have the capacity to determine whether the proposal has merit or otherwise ... however, we appeal to all concerned to conduct their campaign in a manner which avoids unnecessary division and antagonism amongst supporters, including sponsors, after the issue is decided.

There are several major flaws in the proposal being introduced today. The notion of using gambling proceeds to help with college tuition reminds us of the promises made by the Ohio Lottery. Gambling didn't save public schools. It won't create great opportunities for colleges, either.

Hopefully the proposal will include a delivery system that shows how (the district) will deliver the projects in a more effective way than in the past.

His proposal is that if schools in the inner cities receiving federal money fail to do the job after three years, the money follows the job, ... Meet the Press.

Unless we see something really good that I haven't heard about yet, I would find it extremely unlikely that we could vote for a budget that has a reverse Robin Hood proposal like the income tax hike.

Under my proposal there?s only one wire to move.

There is every reason to believe that India and the United States will work side by side in the years to come. However, the nuclear cooperation proposal should not be the linchpin of U.S.-Indian relations, and if Congress acts in ways to address the deal's proliferation risks, bilateral relations will still prosper and the nuclear nonproliferation system will not unravel.

There is great concern ... that bulldozers will run, people's property will be taken, and they will be dispossessed from their communities and unable to return, ... This proposal will not do that.

He made a similar proposal to the Europeans and gave them six months. When there was no response, he started with the Madrid bombing, then London.

My proposal is a starting point. It isn't an absolute.

My proposal that Fed governors should signal their commitment to public service by wearing Hawaiian shirts and Bermuda shorts has so far gone unheeded.

My proposal to re-establish diplomatic relations - not necessarily friendly relations, but diplomatic relations - is a sensible, simple, and straightforward approach that will finally get us off dead center.

My personal view as one of the negotiating team, is that this proposal cannot be accepted by Iran.

Many county employees, and myself, chose to make Chester County their career because of the retirement package that was available. The new proposal does not serve and reward faithful employees.

Some have asserted that the proposal is just a weak compromise.We challenge this claim.

That doesn't necessarily mean they have to have an explicit proposal that they put forward that all Democrats sign up to, but I think they need to throw some ideas out that, at least directionally, point the way forward.

is a normal procedure in any court in this country, civil or criminal in this country. So this is not a deal, not some truncated proposal that is being made here. It's pretty standard procedures in any trial proceedings and I would urge my colleagues not go give up on this idea.

Recycling is the right thing to do for America and will make the (Private Fuel Storage) proposal for Utah obsolete.

Such a proposal would show citizens the EU was working in their interests.

Our policy proposal for science education is that students should learn the strengths and the scientific weaknesses of modern Darwinian theory.

President Bush and Prime Minister Blair made great progress and Gordon Brown and John Snow agreed on an excellent proposal for debt cancellation for many of the poorest countries.

President Bush's pledge to halve the budget deficit by 2009 distracts policymakers from the real issue of unsustainable trends in long-term entitlement spending. The president's proposal to slow Medicare's 9% annual growth rate is a good fiscal step, but the budget does not propose enough immediate and bold reforms to the quickly growing entitlement programs that threaten to overwhelm the budget.