"The quality of mercy is not strain'd It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath;

VOA: special.2011.06.06

But,while versions of the new language are being used, standards have not been agreed upon.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

"You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns.

VOA: special.2011.04.15

Think of it not as if the decision of the question depended upon yourself.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

"You shall not." he said, "crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."

VOA: special.2010.07.01

"It informs patients and doctors that if they see an older patient with stage three colon cancer, they shouldn't automatically, based upon their age, decide not to treat the patient."

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"How that affects the individual who owns BP shares and relies upon those to generate income, means that they're not going to have any income at all during this month."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

"We in the Congress have a duty to tackle this problem, but the solution we settle upon should not be rushed, and the solution should not be worse than the problem we are trying to solve,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

"We have now to concretize the measure which have been agreed upon 11 April and we have to send a clear signal that we will not let down Greece, and I think that is the bottom line of everything."

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Saying the Senate stands at a historic moment, Dodd took note of the fact that the final bill is not all that many Democrats hoped it would be, but said it is a foundation that will be improved upon.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

"When our government has information on a known extremist and that information is not shared and acted upon as it should have been and this extremist boards a plane with dangerous explosives that could cost nearly 300 lives, a systemic failure has occurred.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

This is presidential historian and author Robert Dallek: "Once the public turns against a war, once it is convinced that you are embarked upon if not a losing enterprise then something that is going to produce a quagmire, it creates tremendous political difficulties for the president and it undermines his credibility, trust in his judgment and his ability to put across his domestic reforms,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.09