The Organization of Congress: Synopsium on Congress by Members of Congress and Others |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 119 - the executive power shall be vested in the President of the United States...
Pàgina 59 - ... when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe even more than they believe the very foundations of their own conduct that the ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas- that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out.
Pàgina 62 - President, from time to time, to give to the Congress information of the state of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.
Pàgina 15 - States and shall recommend improvements in such organization and operation with a view toward strengthening the Congress, simplifying its operations, improving its relationships with other branches of the United States Government, and enabling it better to meet its responsibilities under the Constitution...
Pàgina 62 - President to give, from time to time, to the Congress information of the state of the Union, and to recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient...
Pàgina 84 - September 15, 1942 unless to correct gross inequities and to aid in the effective prosecution of the war. 7. In order to correct gross inequities and to provide for greater equality in contributing to the war effort, the Director is authorized to take the necessary action, and to issue the appropriate regulations, so that, insofar as practicable, no salary shall be authorized under...
Pàgina 62 - Representatives who, in his own deliberate judgment, is best able to command the support of a majority of the members of that House.
Pàgina 115 - Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.
Pàgina 125 - ... without regard to political affiliations and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the office...
Pàgina 87 - Nation. These five measures together form a just and equitable whole. I would not recommend a national service law unless the other laws were passed to keep down the cost of living, to share equitably the burdens of taxation, to hold the stabilization line, and to prevent undue profits.