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title: "138 Legislative Quotes by 117 authors"
description: "Browse 138 Legislative quotes by 117 authors. Discover the best Legislative sayings and thoughts."
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> [I love working the legislative process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-brown/i-love-working-the-legislative-process/)

[Kate Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-brown/)

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> [Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-engler/redistricting-is-one-of-the-purest-actions-a-legislative-body-can-take/)

[John Engler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-engler/)

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> [We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-tend-to-talk-democrats-as-a-party-in-legislative-terms/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I'm leery of legislative solutions to what is morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-leery-of-legislative-solutions-to-what-is-morality/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/abstract-propositions-should-never-be-discussed-by-a-legislative-body/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

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> [Legislative activity is always best based on care for the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/legislative-activity-is-always-best-based-on-care-for-the-people/)

[Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/)

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> [The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-legislative-powers-of-government-reach-actions-only-and-not/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/charity-is-no-part-of-the-legislative-duty-of-the-government/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-j-mitchell/first-the-american-legislative-process-isn-t-well-suited-to-large-and/)

[George J. Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-j-mitchell/)

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> [A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/a-page-is-turning-for-me-i-won-t-be-candidate-in-legislative/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

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> [Legislative novelty is not necessarily fatal; there is a first time for everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-roberts/legislative-novelty-is-not-necessarily-fatal-there-is-a-first-time/)

[John Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-roberts/)

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> [The law that will work is merely the summing up in legislative form of the moral judgment that the community has already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/the-law-that-will-work-is-merely-the-summing-up-in-legislative-form/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

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> [No legislative, administrative or judicial activity in the Hong Kong SAR is allowed to contradict the Basic Law, let alone to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-bangguo/no-legislative-administrative-or-judicial-activity-in-the-hong-kong/)

[Wu Bangguo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-bangguo/)

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> [A man is merely to implement the law. He is there not to decide what to implement as we already have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjem-choudary/a-man-is-merely-to-implement-the-law-he-is-there-not-to-decide-what/)

[Anjem Choudary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjem-choudary/)

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> [Those who express random thoughts to legislative committees are often surprised and appalled to find themselves the instigators of law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-b-cohen/those-who-express-random-thoughts-to-legislative-committees-are-often/)

Mark B. Cohen

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> [Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millard-fillmore/upon-you-fellow-citizens-as-the-representatives-of-the-states-and-the/)

[Millard Fillmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millard-fillmore/)

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> [We no longer ask of a judicial ruling or a legislative act: is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-judt/we-no-longer-ask-of-a-judicial-ruling-or-a-legislative-act-is-it-good/)

[Tony Judt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-judt/)

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> [Social media is such a key organizing and communication tool, and I've made a major commitment to use it as a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-murphy/social-media-is-such-a-key-organizing-and-communication-tool-and-i-ve/)

[Chris Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-murphy/)

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> [The power of protest depends not only on how many turn out, but also on what legislative, judicial, and civil society institutions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-p-schneider/the-power-of-protest-depends-not-only-on-how-many-turn-out-but-also/)

[Cynthia P. Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-p-schneider/)

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> [Parliamentary committees are becoming more independent, tactics are becoming more sophisticated, and industries that don't want to be bushwhacked by some damaging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ibbitson/parliamentary-committees-are-becoming-more-independent-tactics-are/)

John Ibbitson

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> [Question Period is not part of the legislative process,and has nothing to do with it. It is a means of monitoring the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-allen-fraser/question-period-is-not-part-of-the-legislative-process-and-has/)

[John Allen Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-allen-fraser/)

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> [The military gave me structure and process. That reflects on the way I believe we should handle legislative matters. If we do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abraham/the-military-gave-me-structure-and-process-that-reflects-on-the-way-i/)

[Ralph Abraham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abraham/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-morris/as-bob-dole-found-out-you-can-t-keep-a-positive-image-while-being/)

[Dick Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-morris/)

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> [In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baron-de-montesquieu/in-every-government-there-are-three-sorts-of-power-the-legislative/)

[Baron de Montesquieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baron-de-montesquieu/)

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> [I could have spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-obama/i-could-have-spent-eight-years-doing-anything-and-at-some-level-it/)

[Michelle Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-obama/)

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> [Others will have opinions on how I do and that's just fine... I've been elected four times, delivered results for my constituents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-poilievre/others-will-have-opinions-on-how-i-do-and-that-s-just-fine-i-ve-been/)

[Pierre Poilievre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-poilievre/)

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> [President Obama's biggest advocates believe that Americans are ready to embrace his vision for the United States: a less muscular America on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/president-obama-s-biggest-advocates-believe-that-americans-are-ready/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

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> [The great interests of an agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing nation are so linked in union together that no permanent cause of prosperity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/the-great-interests-of-an-agricultural-commercial-and-manufacturing/)

[John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/)

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> [In my four years as a state legislator, I went to dozens of nontraditional events - everything from bird watchings to tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-gomez/in-my-four-years-as-a-state-legislator-i-went-to-dozens-of/)

[Jimmy Gomez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-gomez/)

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> [The people can never willfully betray their own interests: But they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-people-can-never-willfully-betray-their-own-interests-but-they/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [The power of the legislative being derived from the people by a positive voluntary grant and institution, can be no other than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/the-power-of-the-legislative-being-derived-from-the-people-by-a/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

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> [“on every occasion as at first, when their number was small, their habitations near, and the public concerns few and trifling. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/on-every-occasion-as-at-first-when-their-number-was-small-their/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [I have a duty to protect the Executive Branch from legislative encroachment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/i-have-a-duty-to-protect-the-executive-branch-from-legislative/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [I will not use my legislative powers except in a very limited framework.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-morsi/i-will-not-use-my-legislative-powers-except-in-a-very-limited/)

[Mohammed Morsi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-morsi/)

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> [The constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/the-constitution-controls-any-legislative-act-repugnant-to-it/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

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> [“I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a duplicitous diplomat.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-samaan/i-would-rather-contend-with-an-honest-asshole-than-a-duplicitous/)

[A.E. Samaan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-samaan/)

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> [I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-cuomo/i-m-running-for-governor-i-m-not-running-for-a-legislative-office/)

[Andrew Cuomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-cuomo/)

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> [A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/a-legislative-act-contrary-to-the-constitution-is-not-law/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

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> [The best legislative initiative - is the absence of one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pavel-durov/the-best-legislative-initiative-is-the-absence-of-one/)

[Pavel Durov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pavel-durov/)

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> [Legislative enactments proceed from men carrying their views a long time back; while judicial decisions are made off hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/legislative-enactments-proceed-from-men-carrying-their-views-a-long/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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