The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions. — Thomas Jefferson 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
The separation of powers is about legislative powers. It isn't about discussion or words. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Our executive branch does not believe in interfering with what the legislative branch chooses to do. We believe in federalism. — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
I just want to work with legislative council members from across the political spectrum to get things done. — Carrie Lam Copy Share Image
We'll go through the legislative process and I'm make it clear what I support, don't support and what I think is good… — Tom Cotton Copy Share Image
What has Dianne Feinstein done... I'll put my legislative background up against hers any day. — Elizabeth Emken Copy Share Image
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is… — Nick Rahall Copy Share Image
My name is Kevin de Leon, and I am the president of the most progressive legislative house in America. — Kevin de Leon Copy Share Image
I have kept a steady focus on restoring public faith in our state government since taking office July 1. Now it is… — Jodi Rell Copy Share Image
In 1889, I predict, the legislative stage of the Irish question will have arrived; and the union with England, which shall then… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Of the powers conferred upon the General Government by the Constitution of the United States much the most important are those given… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
We have already given in example one effectual check to the dog of war by transferring the power of letting him loose… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Experience has instructed us that no skill in the science of government has yet been able to discriminate and define, with sufficient… — James Madison Copy Share Image
My commitment to the American people is that I will remain focused on bringing true oversight and reform to our federal government… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
You have it within your grasp to be regarded as one of the greatest legislative sessions in the history of the state.… — Dirk Kempthorne Copy Share Image
A question arises whether all the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judicial, shall be left in this body? I think a… — John Adams 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
If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts,… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
I am specifically concerned about the idea that the legislative process is one that gets characterized the way it is as the… — Lloyd Blankfein Copy Share Image
The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The members of the legislative department . . . are numerous. They are distributed and dwell among the people at large. Their… — James Madison Copy Share Image
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
Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy. — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
