Censure Quotes
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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves. (Quote by - Demosthenes)
I think it's fair to have a vote on a resolution for censure. (Quote by - Henry Hyde)
I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
If the college doesn't take our recommendations, the board may proceed to a censure. (Quote by - Kathy Lawrence)
Fool's praise is censure. (Quote by - Proverb)
The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us. (Quote by - Charles de Saint-Evremond)
Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower. (Quote by - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
I do believe that there's going to be a pretty strong consensus for a very strong .. censure resolution. (Quote by - Paul Wellstone)
I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
Censure is the the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. (Quote by - Jonathan Swift)
Since that ,time the virtuous censure that ,man who in his folly appoints a woman, whose husband died, to ,bear children ,to another man . (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
I think the dignity of Congress and the dignity of the country demands something more than merely censure here. (Quote by - William Weld)
This House is out of touch. It is out of control. And it is so consumed that they have just denied us a chance to vote on the one option -- the one option -- that commands the support of the American people, and that is censure. (Quote by - David Bonior)
What the president did was wrong; he should be censured, but not impeached. Rick White and Newt Gingrich shouldn't be dragging us through this. Enough is enough. It's time to get on with the nation's business. (Quote by - Jay Inslee)
In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect. (Quote by - Percy Bysshe Shelley)
The risk is enormous to Democrats. Even talking about censure or impeachment threatens to really agitate the Republican base. (Quote by - Charlie Cook)
For one thing, Democrats can explain that resolutions of censure have typically been reserved for ethics violations, not for meretricious statements - thereby perhaps succeeding in confusing the debate and wriggling off the hook. (Quote by - Bill Kristol)
They have a Right to censure, that have a Heart to help: The rest is Cruelty, not Justice. (Quote by - William Penn)
But for disloyalty to her husband a wife is censured among men, and ,in her next life she is born in the womb of a jackal and tormented by diseases, the punishment of her sin. (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. (Quote by - Jonathan Swift)
Censure is several steps away from an impeachment. There's not even enough information for that. (Quote by - Jude McCartin)
The idea of censure is basically a political idea, .. And it seems to me it's a superfluous resolution. The president has already been impeached. That carries a censure that no resolution passed by the Senate could ever carry and I think it's a dangerous precedent. (Quote by - Phil Gramm)
The Democrat Party seems hell-bent on censuring someone. Perhaps they should censure Rep. Cynthia McKinney or at least an investigation into her actions by the Ethics Committee is called for. (Quote by - Jim Kouri)
A censure would put an indelible scar on the president's place in history, .. Monica Lewinsky is not Watergate. Let he who has no sin in this chamber cast the first stone. (Quote by - Robert Menendez)
I think we ought to be forgiving. The president said he's sorry. I think we need to have a proper punishment -- maybe censure by the Congress -- and move on and deal with the problems facing this county. (Quote by - Tom Sawyer)
Had the Senate or House, or both, censured or somehow warned Richard Nixon, the tragedy of Watergate might have been prevented. Hopefully the Senate will not sit by while even more serious abuses unfold before it. (Quote by - John Dean)
The silence of a friend commonly amounts to treachery. His not daring to say anything in our behalf implies a tacit censure. (Quote by - William Hazlitt)
We asked for an apology or a censure of the city attorney, but we never got anything from the city. (Quote by - Carol Cox)
The baseline is the same. Is Iran going to suspend enrichment activity? Is Iran going to return to the negotiations? Or is Iran going to continue, as we think they have, to stall and prevaricate and extend things in a meaningless way in order to avoid censure. (Quote by - Adam Ereli)
It is the one season of the year when we can lay aside all gnawing worry, indulge in sentiment without censure, assume the carefree faith of childhood, and just plain "have fun." Whether they call it Yuletide, Noel, Weinachten, or Christmas, people around the earth thirst for its refreshment as the desert traveller for the oasis. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
It's almost ludicrous that Feingold in the Senate has put up this idea of censuring Bush. (Quote by - Steve Chabot)
Do you really cleanse the office as provided in the Constitution or do you use the Air Wick of a censure resolution? .. A censure is something that is a device, a way of avoiding .. an up or down on impeachment. (Quote by - Henry Hyde)
I think the first order of business after the vote on the articles of impeachment is censure. (Quote by - John Breaux)
Continue to believe that censure is really not worth a tinker's damn. We are going to be listening to evidence to decide what to do in a fair and impartial, judicious way. (Quote by - Arlen Specter)
Assuming that two-thirds of the Senate will not vote to remove the president, what is the alternative? I think we need to explore that in debate, .. Some have suggested censure. I think it is certainly a possibility that the Senate will decide on some alternative to removing the president from office. (Quote by - Thad Cochran)
TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty. (Quote by - Bill Bixby)
I find that the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
He's going to introduce a censure motion tomorrow. (Quote by - Trevor Miller)
I can tell you with great certainty that a censure resolution would have failed in the House. (Quote by - Tom DeLay)
Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and amongst narrow minds may, therefore, expose its author to censure and contempt; and if the liberty of laughing be once indulged, every man will laugh at. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may be afterwards censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
The City Council could take action in the form of a resolution to reprimand or censure any council member for violation of the adopted code of conduct. (Quote by - David Levin)
Censure is a limp noodle across the wrist of the president. I think the way we vote on the articles will express the way we feel stronger than any censure vote. (Quote by - Larry Craig )
Some are going to be happy about the decision and some are not. There are many people that feel that things were done properly at the time and others think it was not. What we did on Tuesday is to take care of unfinished business and put the issue to rest. I am happy with the decision (to lift the censure). I think it was the right decision to take. (Quote by - Fred Busche)
The vulgar mind fancies that good judgment is implied chiefly in the capacity to censure; and yet there is no judgment so exquisite as that which knows properly how to approve. (Quote by - Walter Gilmore Simms)
I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy. (Quote by - Giacomo Casanova)
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and his next to escape the censures of the world. (Quote by - Joseph Addison)
The plan to lodge a censure motion against certain ministers will go ahead although they may have changed portfolios then. They are still obliged to clear themselves in the planned censure debate. (Quote by - Abhisit Vejjajiva)
Let's dispense with the notion that Congress can punish the president either by a so-called censure or by a fine or any other punishment, .. Such a deal is unconstitutional, and anyone who believes in that kind of deal believes not in the rule of law, but the rule of man, and needs to read the Constitution. (Quote by - Tom DeLay)
I don't know if censure would be in order, but an apology, because it does a great disservice to the men and women who suffered in the gulags and in Pol Pot's killing fields. (Quote by - John McCain)
Most of the censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. (Quote by - Tryon Edwards)
He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius. (Quote by - William Gillmore Simms)
As a practical matter, it could affect the kinds of assignments a judge gets. It could affect whether or not a judge would be approved by a Bar association or other screening committees for election. And nobody likes or enjoys the public criticism that a censure brings. It is significantly a deterrent and an educational tool for other judges to use as a guide for how to behave. (Quote by - Robert Tembeckjian)
It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of ;antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution. (Quote by - Joseph Addison)
There are many individual senators, including myself, who have said that, at an appropriate time after disposing of the impeachment matter, that an appropriate censure resolution that seems to me should be considered by the Congress. (Quote by - Carl Levin)
From his calls for retreat and defeat in Iraq to censuring the president, the senator is more consumed with his own political future than national security. (Quote by - Tracey Schmitt)
Our view is that there has to be some way .. to deal with this matter beyond the question of conviction, and we think censure presents that opportunity and we will be planning to propose that at some point. (Quote by - Tom Daschle)
This censure idea, without an admission on the president's part, is a political cop-out. (Quote by - Lindsey Graham)
The House could say, 'Well, it's not serious enough for impeachment, but this is clearly conduct that is on the margin that we don't approve of,' and the House Judiciary Committee would report out a censure resolution and the House would vote on it, .. Evans & Novak. (Quote by - Trent Lott)
The founding fathers gave the House of Representatives one function when it comes to cleansing the office of the presidency and that is impeachment, .. Whether or not a resolution of censure is appropriate is something beyond our constitutional authority. (Quote by - Henry Hyde)
A dozen direct censures are easier to bear than one morganatic compliment. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand. (Quote by - Leonardo da Vinci)
We can often better help another by fanning a glimmer of goodness than by censuring his faults. (Quote by - Edmund Gibson)
I just don't think that's a constructive use of the time of the Senate, .. If we're going to get into the business of censuring members for racially sensitive comments, it's not going to be limited to Sen. Lott. (Quote by - Mitch McConnell)
Certainly, this doesn't warrant a censure or expulsion. As I read the ethics subcommittee report, there's clearly no finding at all of any intentional violation. (Quote by - Peter King)
If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers. (Quote by - Horatio Nelson)
This president mocks the people, mocks the Congress, and this censure is just what he wants. (Quote by - Bob Goodlatte)
Why should I expect to be exempt from censure; the unfailing lot of an elevated station? My Heart tells me it has been my unremitted aim to do the best circumstances would permit; yet, I may have been very often mistaken in my judgment of the means. (Quote by - George Washington)
It's not a censure. It's enforcement for a legitimate purpose. (Quote by - Randy Bly)
The problem with the censure resolution right now is that, I think, the Senate is tired, .. We've done what we were required to do under the Constitution. (Quote by - Trent Lott)
To suggest that the president should be censured because you don't agree with the legal advice he got seems to me to just -- to be out of the ballpark in terms of the way we can sensibly discuss and talk about issues like this. (Quote by - John Schmidt)
I bet that really did stimulate contributions a lot. The censure resolution, and lack of any other Democrat backing it, really put a lot of Bush-haters onto Feingold. (Quote by - Charles Franklin)
I couldn't tell you off the top of my head exactly what we put in. There was the word 'censure' in there that I didn't like, but it was obviously in there, so my objection was overrided. (Quote by - Richard Potter)
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. (Quote by - William Somerset Maugham)
Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand. (Quote by - Gustav Mahler )
I think that it would be pretty hard to do this -- the censure route --without .. talking at all with the White House, the people who are going to be censured. (Quote by - John Chafee)
We believe it's a free speech matter and given the circumstances not appropriate for censure action. (Quote by - John Patterson)
They have a right to censure that have a heart to help. (Quote by - William Penn)
Midterm elections are all about rallying the base. If you can bring up censure and impeachment, maybe you can get back the 10 or 15 percent of Republicans who have peeled off in the recent polls. (Quote by - Steven Schier)
I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure. (Quote by - William Gilmore Simms)
Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all. (Quote by - Johann Kaspar Lavater)
No place in the world prides itself more on its vigilance and realism, no place considers itself more qualified to censure any flourish of rhetoric or extravagance of aspiration. (Quote by - Seamus Heaney)
Mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from committing it. (Quote by - Plato)
We must defend freedom of expression and if I had to chose, I prefer the excess of caricature over the excess of censure. (Quote by - Nicolas Sarkozy)
Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly. (Quote by - Arabian Proverb)
I have a deep disdain for the president's actions, .. He deserves the admonishment and the censure and the rebuke of the Congress .. Not only is this the public's preference, but it is the right thing to do. (Quote by - Rick Boucher)
On censure, senior Democratic leaders are probably right: It's a bad political move. Americans are angry with the president but not ready to bring him down. (Quote by - Michael O'Hanlon)
John Doyle just knows how to feed actors, and what comes out of us, good, bad, right, wrong, doesn't matter. There's no fear or censure. He opens up the creative goo and all of the actor vessel stuff. He knows how to do it. It's just incredible. (Quote by - Patti Lupone)
It is easy for a man who sits idle at home, and has nobody to please but himself, to ridicule or censure the common practices of mankind. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
I'm opposed to censure, .. Whether or not one will be permitted, it's under discussion. It isn't ruled out, but it's not a dead-bang certainty either. (Quote by - Henry Hyde)
If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches.. (Quote by - Mike DeWine)
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful. (Quote by - Winston Churchill)
O you who believe! whoever from among you turns back from his religion, then Allah will bring a people, He shall love them and they shall love Him, lowly before the believers, mighty against the unbelievers, they shall strive hard in Allah's way and shall not fear the censure of any censurer; this is Allah's Face, He gives it to whom He pleases, and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing. (Quote by - quran)
The Democrats see [the censure] as a hopeless task and don't want to be associated with it. It would be hurtful for the party. (Quote by - John Witte)
I feel strongly that the president did not speak the truth..and in my judgment it had to go over to the Senate. But I still feel the Senate which can look at and may want to go for a full trial should at least take this opportunity to look at the possibilities of censure and what can be done to bring this to a close. (Quote by - Michael Castle)
They are already working on the articles of impeachment. They know where they are going. No, they are not going to allow any censure motion. They do not care .. what evidence is presented by the White House or anybody else. (Quote by - Maxine Waters)
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove. (Quote by - Juvenal)
