The same things are best both for individuals and for states, and these are the things which the legislator ought to implant… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Legislators and revolutionaries who promise both equality and liberty are visionaries and charlatans. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I'm not a prejudice person, and I've worked with many male legislators and some have been excellent for us, so I'm not… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
Kant says that we may regard ourselves as legislator of the moral law, and consider ourselves as its author, but not that… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
For all laws are general judgements, or sentences of the legislator; as also every particular judgement is a law to him whose… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
As attorney general, I can either look into it or I can ignore it because they're a bunch of powerful legislators... and… — Ben Chandler Copy Share Image
Trade and commerce, if they were not made of Indian rubber, would never manage to bounce over the obstacles which legislators are… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Same sex marriage must be decided by the states, and by the people in the states, not by judges and not even… — Liz Cheney Copy Share Image
The idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“One legislator accused me of having a 19th-century attitude on law and order. That is a totally false charge. I have an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At what point do the people tell the politicians to go to hell? At what point do they get off the couch,… — Erick Erickson Copy Share Image
Much of the present difficulty in industrial relations arises from the fact that too many employers as well as too many legislators… — Whiting Williams Copy Share Image
It has now become a very common sentiment, that there is some deep and radical wrong somewhere, and that legislators have proved… — Josiah Warren Copy Share Image
There are no tests similar to SATs to tell us how much undergraduates know. State legislators, who appropriate billions of dollars each… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
If there is ever an amelioration of the condition of mankind, philosophers, theologians, legislators, politicians and moralists will find that the regulation… — John Adams Copy Share Image
And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
It is the lawyers who run our civilization for us -- our governments, our business, our private lives. Most legislators are lawyers;… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
Few legislators who passed these mental health laws realized that (Brock) Chisholm and his associates defined mental illness as a sense of… — John A. Stormer Copy Share Image
But how is it now? All we get is orders; and the laws go out of the state. Them legislators set up… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. This opposition has made little headway because experimenters, backed by… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Legislators could easily be out-voted if people voted in midterm elections. The fact that we don't talk about all this stuff [… — Lizz Winstead Copy Share Image
Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Above all I ask leaders and legislators and the entire international community above all to confront the reality of those who have… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Legislators in Kansas, Arizona and 23 other states who are properly determined to protect religious freedom can begin by asking themselves: Does… — David Blankenhorn Copy Share Image
The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take. — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
When legislators do something that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, there's always the suspicion that they're in somebody's pocket. — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
People have a deep need to be legislators, and the idea of autonomy has become very precious. — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
The job of a legislator is much more fixing existing law, revising it, improving it, than it is passing something that doesn't… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
We had a lot of people say, you guys are the most ineffective legislators in Olympia and your bills never go anywhere… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
If you force legislators to balance, at the end of the day, if it has to be balanced, then they step up… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
People that had the guts to put their loyalty to the Constitution ahead of their loyalty to their political party were citizen… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
[You have Rights] antecedent to all earthly governments: Rights, that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; Rights, derived from the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The objects of this primary education . . . would be . . . to form the statesmen, legislators and judges, on… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the formation of our constitution the wisdom of all ages is collected-the legislators of antiquity are consulted, as well as the… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
ALEC, has been I think a wonderful organization. Not only does it bring like-minded legislators together. But the private sector engagement in… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
Legislators and judges are necessarily exposed to all the temptations of money, fame, and power, to induce them to disregard justice between… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
If for no other reason, personal pride should prompt every governor and state legislator to take a secessionist attitude; they were not… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
I have met with political leaders, legislators, and diplomats, seeking the next steps to press in reducing and eliminating the nuclear threat… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
People underestimate the impact they can have on the process through contact with legislators. By being part of an organized group in… — Ralph Regula Copy Share Image
Fairness' can be an important quality for legislators to consider when they are passing public policies. But it is a subjective standard.… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
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