Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. — John Engler Copy Share Image
Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body. — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures. — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come. — Nicolas Sarkozy Copy Share Image
Legislative novelty is not necessarily fatal; there is a first time for everything. — John Roberts Copy Share Image
The law that will work is merely the summing up in legislative form of the moral judgment that the community has already… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
No legislative, administrative or judicial activity in the Hong Kong SAR is allowed to contradict the Basic Law, let alone to go… — Wu Bangguo Copy Share Image
A man is merely to implement the law. He is there not to decide what to implement as we already have the… — Anjem Choudary Copy Share Image
Those who express random thoughts to legislative committees are often surprised and appalled to find themselves the instigators of law. — Mark B. Cohen Copy Share Image
Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power. — Millard Fillmore Copy Share Image
We no longer ask of a judicial ruling or a legislative act: is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Social media is such a key organizing and communication tool, and I've made a major commitment to use it as a way… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
The power of protest depends not only on how many turn out, but also on what legislative, judicial, and civil society institutions… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
Parliamentary committees are becoming more independent, tactics are becoming more sophisticated, and industries that don't want to be bushwhacked by some damaging… — John Ibbitson Copy Share Image
Question Period is not part of the legislative process,and has nothing to do with it. It is a means of monitoring the… — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
The military gave me structure and process. That reflects on the way I believe we should handle legislative matters. If we do… — Ralph Abraham Copy Share Image
As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
I could have spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Others will have opinions on how I do and that's just fine... I've been elected four times, delivered results for my constituents… — Pierre Poilievre Copy Share Image
President Obama's biggest advocates believe that Americans are ready to embrace his vision for the United States: a less muscular America on… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
The great interests of an agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing nation are so linked in union together that no permanent cause of prosperity… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
In my four years as a state legislator, I went to dozens of nontraditional events - everything from bird watchings to tree… — Jimmy Gomez Copy Share Image
The people can never willfully betray their own interests: But they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people; and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The power of the legislative being derived from the people by a positive voluntary grant and institution, can be no other than… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“on every occasion as at first, when their number was small, their habitations near, and the public concerns few and trifling. This… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I have a duty to protect the Executive Branch from legislative encroachment. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I will not use my legislative powers except in a very limited framework. — Mohammed Morsi Copy Share Image
“I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a duplicitous diplomat.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
Legislative enactments proceed from men carrying their views a long time back; while judicial decisions are made off hand. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
