Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
Too often, advances in civil rights or women's rights are undermined by wrong-headed legislation or weak-kneed political leadership. — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
I don't have to be president to do great things for my country, but at the same time, to get legislation and… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
They rushed to move it forward, uh, and then a lawsuit was filed and we spent many months litigating, rather than trying… — Tom Udall Copy Share Image
You can support trans-positive legislation, tranny artists, and the inclusion of trannies in your neighborhood, schools, place of worship, whatever. For the… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Our military service members put their lives on the line to protect the rights and freedoms of all Americans - yet many… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
“1. Bullying is not okay. Period. 2. Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
I introduced legislation in the Senate that I believe is more narrowly focused at the actual threat, which is radical Islamic terrorism,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Its hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and… — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
I worked with the March of Dimes to enact legislation for a national birth defects prevention program to provide surveillance, research and… — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think that many citizens understand how our system works, or rather, fails to work, for structural reasons. But who has the… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based...Let… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana -- if it's prescribed… — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
One thing I've learned - and I've said this to Republicans and Democrats - is, bees cannot sting and make honey at… — Emanuel Cleaver Copy Share Image
There's a diversion between economic reality - integration, global village, everybody depending on everybody else - and cultural reality, which is people… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
For Dicey, writing in 1885, and for me reading him some seventy years later, the rule of law still had a very… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Even in November 1938, after five years of anti-Semitic legislation and persecution, they still owned, according to the Times correspondent in Berlin,… — Arthur Bryant Copy Share Image
If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
There’s something very dangerous happening in states across the country. A wave of legislation, introduced in more than two dozen states, would… — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
I learned something important in my race against Senator Brown: voters want political leaders who are willing to break the partisan gridlock.… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Don't condemn the gangbangers, they've got guns that are trafficked, that are not enforced, that are straw purchased and they come into… — Sheila Jackson Lee Copy Share Image
F.D.R. had to deal with Southern segregationists - and outright racists - who held power in Congress, so he had to yield… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
As the 109th Congress continues to debate legislation that will affect the lives of immigrants, it is important for us to remember… — Jose Serrano Copy Share Image
Virtually every community in the country has legislation regulating door-to-door trade, yet telemarketers have run unchecked for years. The industry in general… — Julie Ann Dawson Copy Share Image
We don't want crimes committed in New Mexico falling through the cracks. This legislation ensures that there is no area of our… — Pete Domenici Copy Share Image
The House okayed the gasoline tax cut, which will increase the deficit, line the pockets of the oil companies, and hurt the… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act is the most egregious piece of legislation to ever leave Congress since the Alien and Sedition Acts, John Ashcroft… — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
The CARE bill is an important piece of patient-care legislation. It will improve the quality of radiologic procedures performed throughout the United… — Charles W. Pickering Copy Share Image
Selfishness and fear are at the root of (pro-abortion) legislation...We in the Church have a great struggle to defend life...life is a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We do not see the sort of fundamental changes that would be necessary to reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by… — Doug Elmendorf Copy Share Image
London has always been a haven for victims of cruelty, and been improved by them. Yet I can see it changing now.… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share Image
No Child Left Behind widens the gap between the races more than any piece of educational legislation I've seen in 40 years.… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
All depend upon the engagement of as many people as possible on all levels, from civil society to national leaders, to advocate… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
What is a change-maker? What has Hillary Clinton changed? It is filled with all the cliches that New Agers and leftists glom… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest,… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
