“Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?”
Dan Rather
“Brown does not mandate integrated schools. Instead, Brown mandates no segregated schools. Segregation may be chosen by residential patterns.”
Dave Douglas
“Not one word in this bill mandates that the equipment be put to use.... But there is no mandate that they be open. No mandate that they pump gas. No mandate to do anything.”
Larry Smith
“Each mandate doesn't cost very much necessarily ... but when you add up 49 mandates, the aggregate cost is pretty high.”
Carl Gipson
“Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide adequate medical care for prisoners, whatever the cost.”
Jim Riley
“It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries to "discover" a constitutional mandate to have counsel at a preliminary hearing.”
Warren E. Burger
“The 56,000,000-plus citizens who voted against you and your agenda have given me a mandate to move forward with my agenda,”
Cindy Sheehan
