Legislation Quotes · Page 4

I intend to introduce legislation that will make police accountable for their actions and limit uses of force in cases where it…

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Barack Obama

It is a rare piece of legislation indeed where there is so much agreement about the goals.

— Mike Pence

Statistics are just a compilation of people's stories put on paper, and legislation is our attempt to address those real challenges for…

— Pramila Jayapal

Maybe I was naive, but I thought the whole point of being an MP was to scrutinise legislation and improve it.

— Sarah Wollaston

Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity.

— Tippi Hedren

There are bills being discussed to raise the amount that Members of Congress pay in to their benefits and I support these…

— Rob Woodall

The gun legislation was doomed the minute it became associated with the words common sense.

— Dana Gould

And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer,…

— Roy Barnes

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

— Louis J. Freeh

The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil government of a community ... that in the operation of human…

— John Quincy Adams

We will end the sanctuary cities that have resulted in so many needless deaths. Cities that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities…

— Donald Trump

I don't support any gun-control legislation - the effort for a new assault-weapons ban, with a ban on semiautomatic weapons, is something…

— Mitt Romney

Reduced employment opportunities is one effect of minimum wage legislation. The minimum wage law has imposed incalculable harm on the disadvantaged members…

— Walter E. Williams

If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by…

— Russell Simmons

I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years. And I just focused almost exclusively on my initiatives…

— Joe Biden

There's a diversion between economic reality - integration, global village, everybody depending on everybody else - and cultural reality, which is people…

— Duncan Green

One thing I've learned - and I've said this to Republicans and Democrats - is, bees cannot sting and make honey at…

— Emanuel Cleaver

So-called "natural language" is wonderful for the purposes it was created for, such as to be rude in, to tell jokes in,…

— Edsger Dijkstra

I think that many citizens understand how our system works, or rather, fails to work, for structural reasons. But who has the…

— Thomas Pogge

Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when [Benazir Bhutto] failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her…

— Fatima Bhutto

There is a man who exists as one of the most popular objects of leadership, legislation, and quasi-literature in the history of…

— June Jordan

I say further that for this great legislative body to ignore the Constitution and the fundamental concepts of our governmental system is…

— Barry Goldwater

The success of this Government, and thus the success of our Nation, depends in the last analysis upon the quality.of our career…

— John F. Kennedy

Legislation may at times be disobeyed, but never law, for the breaking brings swift punishment of its own.

— Myrtle Reed

REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.

— Ambrose Bierce

Obamacare is bureaucrats getting between you and your doctor, and that's what Americans most dislike about this legislation.

— Jim Jordan

Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label.

— George Meany

In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through…

— Tony Campolo

Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.

— John D. Rockefeller

The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs. This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in…

— Jerry Brown

Is a civilization worth the name, which requires, for its existence the very doubtful prop of a racial legislation and a lynch…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Sexual harassment legislation in its present form makes all men unequal to all women.

— Warren Farrell

The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth.

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Too often, advances in civil rights or women's rights are undermined by wrong-headed legislation or weak-kneed political leadership.

— Mike Quigley

I have voted on the merits of legislation, voting both 'with' and 'against' my party.

— Abigail Spanberger

Anyone who sincerely wanted to use policy to reduce illegal immigration should start by crafting legislation based on changing actual behavior.

— Jose Ferreira

At bottom are only two pure forms of legislation - productive and redistributive.

— Richard Allen Epstein

As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid.

— Isabel Paterson

One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.

— Thomas Jefferson