Its hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the…

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for…

— John F. Kerry

National legislation will prevent other states' flawed concealed-weapons laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents,

— Barack Obama

In order to keep up with the criminals and to protect our national security, the solution is clear: we need legislation to ensure that…

— Louis J. Freeh

What we need is legislation, not negotiation, for the entire globe.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

No legislation can prevent every tragedy, but we have a duty to take every action possible to mitigate danger to the public caused by…

— Mike Johnson

The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I…

— Byron Dorgan

Nature is actually the greatest democracy in the world.

— Dia Mirza

We should stop going around babbling about how we're the greatest democracy on earth, when we're not even a democracy. We are a sort…

— Gore Vidal

While we enjoy the benefits of living in the greatest democracy in the world, we must be ever conscious of the fact that none…

— Mark Kennedy

I'm pleased the administration is endorsing the need for legislation dealing with the chemical sector. In the past, the administration's position has been ambiguous.

— Susan Collins

[on compromise immigration bill] This is fundamentally flawed in its current form, and I would oppose it. We need bipartisanship, but we also need…

— Bill Richardson

What we fundamentally need is legislation to fix what everyone agrees is a broken immigration system.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must…

— Thomas Jefferson

The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.

— Beau Willimon

There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government.

— Bruce Schneier