Members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Mr. Roosevelt, this is my principal request--it is almost the last request I shall ever make of anybody. Before you leave the… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
If fighting for the legislatures meant a sacrifice of truth and nonviolence, democracy would not be worth a moment's purchase. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this last legislative session while balancing their budget and… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
There is also something called the Legislature. There is something called the press. There is something called people. These are all different… — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Starting in 2005, my first session in the legislature, my colleagues elected me to be Democratic whip. — Marc Veasey Copy Share Image
Before the advent of Hitler or Stalin, who took their power from the German and the Russian people, measures were thrust upon… — Edwin Arthur Hall Copy Share Image
An infinite God ought to be able to protect Himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Gabby Giffords was a mentor of mine in the state Legislature and also in Congress. — Ann Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
While in the Florida legislature, I strongly opposed the Stand Your Ground law because I believed it would provide defenses to people… — Dan Gelber Copy Share Image
... the State Legislatures will jealously and closely watch the operations of this Government, and be able to resist with more effect… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We were just at the beginnings of a recovery [in 2010]. And the, you know, whoever is president at that point is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As for myself and for the Secretary of State and others involved, including those in the Legislature, we stand ready to do… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Let men learn that a legislature is not 'our God upon earth,' though, by the authority they ascribe to it, and the… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Every improvement in our conceptions of justice, as well as in the machinery for the administration of justice, whereby a closer approximation… — Thomas Nixon Carver Copy Share Image
I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the first in the country. — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
When a legislature undertakes to proscribe the exercise of a citizen's constitutional right to free speech, it acts lawlessly; and the citizen… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Safety on our highways has improved significantly, with the help of the Legislature and the media. — Jane D. Hull Copy Share Image
I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoever does run will have a much better… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Fast food workers are all the governor has power to enact. Your state legislature is held hostage by the same nitwits that… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
The school-room sends men to the Legislature, to the bench, and the executive office. The bar-room sends them to the scaffold and… — Thomas Jordan Jarvis Copy Share Image
Our work is before us. It cannot be passed to future legislatures and must not be passed to future generations. May we… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
