All the capital employed in paper speculation is barren and useless, producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The electors see their representative not only as a legislator for the state but also as the natural protector of local interests… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
One of the biggest responsibilities the legislature holds every year is allocating our taxpayers' hard-earned money responsibly and efficiently. — Mike Parson Copy Share Image
Contemporary nations such as Sweden, Norway, and Finland, where women are half of the national legislatures, have more caring policies, less violence,… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
I think he should let me run Ohio. He should let us, the legislature, the members there, we should be running Ohio.… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
Democrats in state legislatures are at their lowest level since the 1920s. President Obama has a can't-miss strategy to save the party… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Being the only Asian-American in the State Legislature, I've had no choice but to reach across the aisle. — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
“ 1. Society needs laws. While anarchy can often turn a humdrum weekend into something unforgettable, eventually the mob must be kept… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
this last establishment will probably be within a mile of Charlottesville, and four from Monticello, if the system should be adopted at… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate differences between masters and their workmen, its counsellors are always the masters. When the regulation, therefore,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable … A representative democracy, where the right of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
[John Adams] experience with the French philosophers only convinced him further of the need for a bicameral legislature representing the two principal… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
We live amid falling taboos. In our crowded little hour of history we have seen how the prejudice of religion no longer… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The executive, in our government is not the sole, it is scarcely the principle, object of my jealousy. The tyranny of the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A single legislature, on account of the superabundance of its power, and the uncontrolled rabidity of its execution, becomes as dangerous to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I'm conscious of my race and ethnicity in the legislature - it's hard not to be. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
There are new ways of producing food, film, clothing, and research that steer clear of using animals. Some of those products are… — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
We electors have an important constitutional power placed in our hands; we have a check upon two branches of the legislature. — John Adams Copy Share Image
The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy… — Oliver Ellsworth Copy Share Image
These illegal aliens are criminals and we need to treat them as such. I'm not in favor of giving amnesty to anybody… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property ... He must be… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
There isn't a Democrat in politics alive who does not know what the Obama presidency has meant for the Democrat Party around… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Spending comes just as natural to liberals in Minnesota and the Minnesota legislature as bashing decency comes to the editorial board of… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
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