Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation. — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
As federal lawmakers, we have a responsibility to set a precedent for energy efficient practices. — Greg Walden Copy Share Image
Our world has evolved and grown more technologically savvy. Lawmakers need to adjust to these changes. — Dennis Hastert Copy Share Image
“No amount of me trying to explain myself was doing any good. I didn't even know what was going on inside of… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
I'm not a lawmaker, but I was thinking that if you have a really loud ring tone, maybe you should be stabbed… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election. — Eddie Bernice Johnson Copy Share Image
... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“The lawmakers possess the authority that commands the obedience of the people.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a… — Jim Nussle Copy Share Image
Wall Street banks have the right to express their views to lawmakers and regulators through lobbying, but the law is clear: If… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
What if lawmakers never spoke to their constituents? Oddly enough, that's exactly how corporate America operates. Shareholders vote for directors, but the… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
As lawmakers, our job is to listen to our constituents. If our phones are ringing off the hook with people demanding to… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
Whatever their motivations, lawmakers on both side of the aisle have certainly discovered that immigration is one of those issues that resonate… — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
It is much to be wished that one had a post that knew what it was doing again; and lawmakers that knew… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
Lawyers from the NSA, as well as the UK's GCHQ, work very hard to search for loopholes in laws and constitutional protections… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Since 1994, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have considered it politically risky to offer a plan to fix America's broken… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
Pope Francis said the use of contraception could be justified in regions hit by the Zika virus; a stance that could reignite… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It's an individual morality in values that matters in these companies [like Wells Fargo]. I mean, they ought to clean house. And… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
Maxine Waters is a Democrat from California in her 13th term. She is a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
Quite agreeable, of course, was this state of things to those who thought it in their abundant riches the result of inevitable… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
What was the good of industrial development, what was the good of all the technological innovations, toil, and population movements if, after… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“It is not a single crime when a child is photographed while sexually assaulted (raped.) It is a life time crime that… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
I'm proud that many of Missouri's lawmakers stood strong to protect the lives of the innocent unborn and women's health. — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
Lawmakers must stand up for companies that choose public safety over profit margins. — Kevin de Leon Copy Share Image
Having spent six years as Europe Minister, I am in no doubt about the technical challenge Brexit presents lawmakers. — David Lidington Copy Share Image
The Democratic lawmakers are still trying to figure out how to capitalize on this new wave of leftist anger, if you want… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected. — Lech Walesa Copy Share Image
Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will. — Debbie Stabenow Copy Share Image
What is... disturbing to me is that many of these pro-Israeli lawmakers sit on the House International Relations Committee despite the obvious… — Cynthia McKinney Copy Share Image
It is up to us as lawmakers to provide the resources and streamlined processes that will enable our federal forest managers to… — Greg Walden Copy Share Image
Obama prefers to look forward, not back, as he has stated. So at least during his tenure, there will be no reliable… — David K. Shipler Copy Share Image
If you are too weak to give yourselves your own law, then a tyrant shall lay his yoke upon you and say:… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Lawmakers imagine they can be political heroes by voting for budgets that slash scientific research by 20 percent, but they inhibit our… — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
Listen, we all have to agree that there is too much litigation going on in this world. But every year it seems… — James Belushi Copy Share Image
“John was still making comments regarding violent things that he shouldn't, but I hoped he was just being a big mouth. Nobody… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
I pray that politicians, lawmakers and religious leaders have the courage to support the choices terminally ill citizens make in departing Mother… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
One difficulty in making the Senate work the way it was intended is that America's electorate is increasingly divided into red and… — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
Democratic lawmakers increasingly rely on people of color to show up at the polls to remain in office, but following an unfortunately… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image