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Veto Quotes

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

William Shakespeare (1752). “The Works of Shakespeare”, p.166

Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain.

Walter Scott (1824). “The Works of Walter Scott, Esq”, p.69

I thought that the United Nations is a creature of the five super-powers who were given veto powers. I don't like veto powers at all.

"Interview with Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad". Interview with Sue Onslow, commonwealth-oral-history-project.blogs.sas.ac.uk. February 11, 2015.

My hand seemed arrested by a silent veto.

Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.141, Da Capo Press

Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back.

"Chirac 'believes veto would not stop US'" by Jon Henley, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2003.

Covetousness is ever attended with solicitude and anxiety.

Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.373

They called me Veto Corleone. Because I vetoed 2,500 separate line-items in the budget.

Jeb Bush at Republican presidential primary debate in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cbsnews.com. August 7, 2015.

...Covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have.

Joseph Hall (1837). “The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology”, p.34