Eminent Quotations
Eminent Quotes from:
-
Abuse Quotes
We're basically wanting to amend article six of the Missouri Constitution, which is where most of the language is used for the abuse of eminent domain. We also would like to clear up the language in two sections of the first article of the Missouri Bill of Rights to get a more clear definition of certain terms.
-
Along Quotes
With the passing of Phil Walden, the music business has lost an eminent producer of great American music . One of the most influential creators of the Southern rock sound of the 1970s, Walden founded Capricorn Records and launched the careers of Otis Redding and Allman Brothers Band. We mourn his loss along with all of those who had the pleasure of knowing him .
-
Absolutely Quotes
I found it absolutely incredible that Mr. Duceppe called for a boycott of the installation as governor-general of an eminent Canadian of Haitian origin from the Quebec society, ... I was shocked to see Gilles Duceppe call for a boycott of that ceremony. ... They are Quebecers, they should be proud to see a Quebecer accede to that very important position.
-
Agreed Quotes
Given that the Court has not agreed to rehear a decision in over 50 years, this is not a huge surprise. But the denial makes it crystal clear that since the Supreme Court will not protect home and small business owners, it is now up to state legislatures and state courts to protect people from eminent domain abuse.
-
Abuse Quotes
The Pennsylvania senate bill is the most comprehensive legislation in the country. It slams the door on runaway eminent domain abuse and completely redefines the overly permissive definition of 'blight' that has been repeatedly used as an excuse to take property from one private citizen and give it to another private citizen.
-
Abuse Quotes
We keep finding out the hard way that private property rights aren't quite as sacred to some as they used to be. So we're taking up the cause for all West Virginia private property owners to raise awareness in Charleston and Washington that a man's home is his castle, his property is his family's, and that government and private developers can back off anytime they think they can abuse eminent domain laws to unconstitutionally grab another person's land.
-
Decided Quotes
We don't think the residents of Cramer Hill should be forced out of their homes and that their homes should be taken by eminent domain. They had already selected the developer and decided on the proposal they would use before they had objectively evaluated the neighborhood and heard from the public.
-
Bait Quotes
DIE, n. The singular of "dice." We seldom hear the word, because there is a prohibitory proverb, "Never say die." At long intervals, however, some one says: "The die is cast," which is not true, for it is cut. The word is found in an immortal couplet by that eminent poet and domestic economist, Senator Depew:A cube of cheese no larger than a die May bait the trap to catch a nibbling mie.
-
Bait Quotes
DIE, n. The singular of ""dice."" We seldom hear the word, because there is a prohibitory proverb, ""Never say die."" At long intervals, however, some one says: ""The die is cast,"" which is not true, for it is cut. The word is found in an immortal couplet by that eminent poet and domestic economist, Senator Depew:A cube of cheese no larger than a die May bait the trap to catch a nibbling mie.
-
Accomplish Quotes
Eminent domain is not necessary to accomplish urban renewal, but local governments have been trained to use it as a tool of first resort for assemblage of large-scale projects. However, the government's role is not to be a developer, but rather to facilitate conditions that are friendly to business - the use of condemnation takes this role too far.
-
Based Quotes
Eminent domain has been used historically very judiciously and mostly appropriately in North Carolina and other states. Our opposition is strictly based on our concern about the potential change in direction with eminent domain that the Supreme Court had opened that threatens private ownership of property.
-
Bureau Quotes
Farm Bureau worked for eminent domain reform for the last three years in Missouri, and we are pleased such comprehensive legislation is being considered by the Missouri General Assembly. The general public wants these reforms implemented, and our organization is going to do everything we can to see that appropriate legislation is approved.
-
Core Quotes
The right to private property ownership is one of our core freedoms, ... Historically, eminent domain has been used mainly for well served public purposes such as highways or schools, but this decision sets a dangerous precedent for uprooting families simply to accommodate wealthy developers.
-
Across Quotes
Across the nation, cities and developers are fighting very hard to hold on to their power to confiscate other people's homes and businesses for private development. There is overwhelming public support for an end to eminent domain abuse. Legislatures need to make real changes, not cosmetic ones, to end eminent domain for private commercial development throughout the country.
-
Across Quotes
That ordinance does sound representative of the general attitude that state and local officials have of private property rights, ... No matter where you look, if it's the suburbs of New York in Lodi, down by the Shore or the Philadelphia suburbs, there are abuses of eminent domain across the state.
-
Acute Quotes
IN'ARDS, n. The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels. Many eminent investigators do not class the soul as an in'ard, but that acute observer and renowned authority, Dr. Gunsaulus, is persuaded that the mysterious organ known as the spleen is nothing less than our important part. To the contrary, Professor Garrett P. Servis holds that man's soul is that prolongation of his spinal marrow which forms the pith of his no tail; and for demonstration of his faith points confidently to the fact that no tailed animals have no souls. Concerning these two theories, it is best to suspend judgment by believing both.