Legislation Quotes · Page 7

I'm not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation…

— Alan Greenspan

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible for these killings as the criminals are because they won't pass strong gun [control]…

— Marion Barry

We must band together to call for gun-control legislation. We must act in ways that promote the dignity and value of human…

— Blase J. Cupich

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

— Thomas Jefferson

The Constitution of the United States... specifically states the Congress shall write legislation for immigration policy in the United States.

— John Carter

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

— Isabel Paterson

Legislation for the Caribbean basin has led to more jobs in the Dominican Republic.

— Elliott Abrams

There was a big difference between Ron Paul and me when it came to the 'no.' His 'no' was philosophical. It was…

— Gary Johnson

The Washington Post speaking out against state legislation that he believed would let businesses deny services to gay, lesbian and transgender people.…

— Laura Sydell

I do not think it would be appropriate to use official party resources such as the DNC website on behalf of organizations…

— Terry McAuliffe

I worked with President Obama on the Affordable Care Act and getting health coverage to all Americans. It was my legislation that…

— Allyson Schwartz

As long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state, I strongly believe big events such as the Final Four and Super Bowl…

— Charles Barkley

Talk radio is an asset to our nation because it encourages strong and healthy debate about public policy, and there is no…

— Tim Walberg

I would say George Mitchell was like Clark Kent sometimes with his horn rimmed glasses and his very quiet manner. People say,…

— Barbara Mikulski

Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our…

— Chris Chocola

The whole country wants civility. Why don't we have it? It doesn't cost anything. No federal funding, no legislation is involved. One…

— Judith Martin

If you don't educate people well, then you're going to have a lot of violent, angry young men and women. You can…

— Jeanette Winterson

With respect to some of the specific legislation or initiatives that I've made, it's true that Republicans often opposed these things. Sometimes…

— Barack Obama

The death of American liberalism as a significant moral force can be traced to the point in when President Bill Clinton signed…

— Robert Scheer

We may as well face the fact, and face it squarely, that we are too much governed. The agencies of government have…

— Roland H. Hartley

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

If biologists so often forget the most universal of all biologic principles [variation], it is not surprising that men and women in…

— Alfred Kinsey

Feminism means something - legislation, cultural change - but 'Girl Power' meant nothing more than being friends with your friends.

— Caitlin Moran

I said last year, and I still believe there are the votes in the House to pass Death with Dignity legislation.

— Shap Smith

Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America has so miserably failed to enact even common-sense gun legislation.

— Jon Meacham

If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.

— Anonymous

I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation.

— Daniel Radcliffe

I do understand that, having been a minister, there is difficulty putting stuff into legislation which is being negotiated. I quite understand.

— Nicky Morgan

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

A lot of so-called rich, according to this legislation, make $250,000. That's a lot of money, but it is not rich.

— Bernard Goldberg

There is a massive economic opportunity out there to be taken without waiting for government legislation.

— Ellen MacArthur

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

— John D. Rockefeller

“I understand all too well that you can make legislation but you can't legislate how people feel toward one another.”

— Jerry West

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

— Abigail Spanberger

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

— Richard Allen Epstein

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

— Jose Ferreira

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

— Warren Farrell