Children younger than 5 are twice as likely to die from ingesting household poisons than by gunfire - So the question for… — Don Kates Copy Share Image
Your projects can often demonstrative new and innovative approaches that can be supported and eventually replicated with greater support from the public… — Mark Winne Copy Share Image
There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous,… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
The president is supposed to execute faithfully the laws that the legislature has written. So, the executive orders that Barack Obama president… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I'd like to see a revival of state legislatures, in which I am a true Jeffersonian. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Every two years, one of the most hotly contested elections in Texas is the poll taken among members of the capitol press… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
A very wise father once remarked, that in the government of his children, he forbid as few things as possible; a wise… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Not everyone supported gaming, but we had a general meeting and a vote on whether to pursue a casino or not and… — Donna M. Loring Copy Share Image
Florida is one of the first states that sort of gives the legislature a very clear criteria for re-drawing electoral district maps.… — Dan Gelber Copy Share Image
[R]efusing or not refusing to execute a law to stamp it with its final character . . . makes the Judiciary department… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If we are to attract private investment, if we are to be able to make the legislature feel the moneys from taxpayers… — James E. Rogers Copy Share Image
One hundred and seventy-three despots would surely be as oppressive as one. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The sky is always falling or the sky is always bright. In some ways, this is really morning in America and we… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
Under this law (Controlled Substances Act) a bureaucrat-usually not elected-decides whether or not a substance is dangerous and how dangerous that substance… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is comfortable to see the standard of reason at length erected, after so many ages, during which the human mind has… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Maybe this Democratic president[Barack Obama] did and can get comprehensive health care reform passed, but notice, Medicaid is not expanded in any… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
Would join the Conservative Coalition in the state Legislature. About 60 percent of the Legislature are members or considered conservative, which my… — Charles Capps Copy Share Image
The final battle against intolerance is to be fought - not in the chambers of any legislature - but in the hearts… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Lawyers, before any other group, must continue to point out how the system is really working-how it actually affects real people. They… — William J. Brennan 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
Police officers today are a protected class, one no politician wants to oppose. Law enforcement interests may occasionally come up short on… — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
In this distribution of powers the wisdom of our constitution is manifested. It is the province and duty of the Executive to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image