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title: "374 Legislature Quotes by 245 authors"
description: "Browse 374 Legislature quotes by 245 authors. Discover the best Legislature sayings and thoughts."
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> [Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/man-is-the-only-animal-that-laughs-and-has-a-state-legislature/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

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> [Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kin-hubbard/now-and-then-an-innocent-man-is-sent-to-the-legislature/)

[Kin Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kin-hubbard/)

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> [In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-kander/in-the-state-legislature-i-supported-second-amendment-rights/)

[Jason Kander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-kander/)

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> [Battles in the Legislature can be tough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-reeves/battles-in-the-legislature-can-be-tough/)

[Tate Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-reeves/)

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> [Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don't alienate the legislature on Day 1.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-cuomo/lesson-1-from-spitzer-don-t-alienate-the-legislature-on-day-1/)

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

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> [Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-warren/legislatures-represent-people-not-acres-or-trees/)

[Earl Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-warren/)

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> [Remember, the Legislature is the joke, not our campaign.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kinky-friedman/remember-the-legislature-is-the-joke-not-our-campaign/)

[Kinky Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kinky-friedman/)

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> [Art is the sex of the imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jean-nathan/art-is-the-sex-of-the-imagination/)

[George Jean Nathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jean-nathan/)

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> [ I ... ran for Legislature \[in 1832\] ... and was beaten-the only time I have been beaten by the people. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-ran-for-legislature-in-1832-and-was-beaten-the-only-time-i-have/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [We need a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-johnson/we-need-a-constitutional-amendment-to-allow-the-legislature-to/)

[Hank Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-johnson/)

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> [I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-think-i-can-say-and-say-with-pride-that-we-have-some-legislatures/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [The Constitution is clear; appropriations powers sit with the legislature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-phillips/the-constitution-is-clear-appropriations-powers-sit-with-the/)

[Dean Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-phillips/)

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> [I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-giffords/i-was-elected-six-times-to-represent-southern-arizona-in-the-state/)

[Gabrielle Giffords](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-giffords/)

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> [Members of the legislature, people who have run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bader-ginsburg/members-of-the-legislature-people-who-have-run-for-office-know-the/)

[Ruth Bader Ginsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bader-ginsburg/)

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> [Here in Nigeria, what makes the news is conflict between the executive and the legislature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yemi-osinbajo/here-in-nigeria-what-makes-the-news-is-conflict-between-the-executive/)

[Yemi Osinbajo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yemi-osinbajo/)

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> [We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-re-in-the-hands-of-the-state-legislature-and-god-but-at-the-moment/)

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

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> [What I don't like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint justices who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-bachmann/what-i-don-t-like-is-judges-legislating-from-the-bench-and-as/)

[Michele Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michele-bachmann/)

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> [Although I entertain great respect and regard for the female sex I consider the qualifications of the ladies to be already sufficiently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-francis/although-i-entertain-great-respect-and-regard-for-the-female-sex-i/)

[James Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-francis/)

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> [To go from chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in the Kansas Legislature to one of 50 on the Appropriations Committee and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-yoder/to-go-from-chairman-of-the-house-appropriations-committee-in-the/)

[Kevin Yoder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-yoder/)

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> [Presidents Lincoln, Jefferson, Jackson, presidents have understood that the Supreme Court cannot make a law. They cannot make it. The legislature has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-huckabee/presidents-lincoln-jefferson-jackson-presidents-have-understood-that/)

[Mike Huckabee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-huckabee/)

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> [The smartest thing legislatures can do is get rid of lotteries and get those dollars buying consumer goods and get the sales…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-warren-kindt/the-smartest-thing-legislatures-can-do-is-get-rid-of-lotteries-and/)

[John Warren Kindt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-warren-kindt/)

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> [No arbitrary regulation, no act of the legislature, can add anything to the capital of the country; it can only force it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ramsay-mcculloch/no-arbitrary-regulation-no-act-of-the-legislature-can-add-anything-to/)

[John Ramsay McCulloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ramsay-mcculloch/)

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> [“Public opinion! what class of men have an immense preponderance over the rest of the community, in their power of representing public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/public-opinion-what-class-of-men-have-an-immense-preponderance-over/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [As the church watches from the sidelines, the ungodly elect atheists and homosexuals to school boards and legislatures to enact policies and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-simonds/as-the-church-watches-from-the-sidelines-the-ungodly-elect-atheists/)

[Robert Simonds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-simonds/)

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> [This partisan decision by a packed GOP state Supreme Court takes away worker's rights to bargain for a safe place to work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-larson/this-partisan-decision-by-a-packed-gop-state-supreme-court-takes-away/)

[Chris Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-larson/)

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> [The members of the legislative department . . . are numerous. They are distributed and dwell among the people at large. Their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-members-of-the-legislative-department-are-numerous-they-are/)

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

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> [I got to get the right people in the right job. Because a lot of costs can be taken out in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-whitman/i-got-to-get-the-right-people-in-the-right-job-because-a-lot-of-costs/)

[Meg Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-whitman/)

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> [I believe that God has endowed men with certain inalienable rights as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and that no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/i-believe-that-god-has-endowed-men-with-certain-inalienable-rights-as/)

[Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/)

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> [All anyone needs to enjoy the state legislature is a strong stomach and a complete insensitivity to the needs of the people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/all-anyone-needs-to-enjoy-the-state-legislature-is-a-strong-stomach/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

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> [Hopefully folks will look at the good things that I've done over the years, you know, my 10 years in Congress, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-ellison/hopefully-folks-will-look-at-the-good-things-that-i-ve-done-over-the/)

[Keith Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-ellison/)

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> [The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-regular-distribution-of-power-into-distinct-departments-the/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [The legislatures will have better means of information. They can discover the danger at a distance; and possessing all the organs of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-legislatures-will-have-better-means-of-information-they-can/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [All laws for the purpose of making man worship God, are born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/all-laws-for-the-purpose-of-making-man-worship-god-are-born-of-the/)

[Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/)

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> [The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-president-is-to-be-commander-in-chief-of-the-army-and-navy-of-the/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [The primary purpose of the Legislature in establishing "Arbor Day," was to develop and stimulate in the children of the Commonwealth a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-s-draper/the-primary-purpose-of-the-legislature-in-establishing-arbor-day-was/)

[Andrew S. Draper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-s-draper/)

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> [The man of system, on the contrary, is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamoured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-smith/the-man-of-system-on-the-contrary-is-apt-to-be-very-wise-in-his-own/)

[Adam Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-smith/)

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> [Order derived through submission and maintained by terror is not much of a safe guaranty; yet that is the only "order" that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/order-derived-through-submission-and-maintained-by-terror-is-not-much/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [“ 1. Society needs laws. While anarchy can often turn a humdrum weekend into something unforgettable, eventually the mob must be kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/1-society-needs-laws-while-anarchy-can-often-turn-a-humdrum-weekend/)

[Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/)

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> [And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/and-that-the-said-constitution-be-never-construed-to-authorize/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-garfield/now-more-than-ever-the-people-are-responsible-for-the-character-of/)

[James A. Garfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-garfield/)

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## Top authors on Legislature

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-madison-46533.jpg) James Madison 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/legislature/james-madison/)
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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alexander-hamilton-10963.jpg) Alexander Hamilton 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/legislature/alexander-hamilton/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-adams-50864.jpg) John Adams 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/legislature/john-adams/)
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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-o-douglas-95752.jpg) William O. Douglas 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/legislature/william-o-douglas/)

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                        "text": "I got to get the right people in the right job. Because a lot of costs can be taken out in the context of your administration without the legislature.For example, using technology to do more with less. Using technology to fight fraud. Reorganizing and streamlining can be done within the context of the administration.",
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                        "text": "I believe that God has endowed men with certain inalienable rights as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and that no legislature and no majority, however great, may morally limit or destroy these; that the sole function of government is to protect life, liberty, and property, and anything more than this is usurpation and oppression.",
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                        "text": "All anyone needs to enjoy the state legislature is a strong stomach and a complete insensitivity to the needs of the people. As long as you don't think about what that peculiar body should be doing and what it actually is doing to the quality of life in Texas, then it's all marvelous fun.",
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                        "text": "Hopefully folks will look at the good things that I've done over the years, you know, my 10 years in Congress, my 12 years in state legislature, my many years of community organizing for the environment, for police accountability, for criminal justice reform, economic empowerment, trying to fight for small-business people, all these things.",
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                        "text": "The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their own election . . . They are means, and powerful means, by which the excellences of republican government may be retained and its imperfections lessened or avoided.",
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                        "text": "The legislatures will have better means of information. They can discover the danger at a distance; and possessing all the organs of civil power, and the confidence of the people, they can at once adopt a regular plan of opposition, in which they can combine all the resources of the community. They can readily communicate with each other in the different States, and unite their common forces for the protection of their common liberty.",
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                        "text": "All laws for the purpose of making man worship God, are born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the auto da fe, and lovingly built the dungeons of the Inquisition. All laws defining and punishing blasphemy - making it a crime to give your honest ideas about the Bible, or to laugh at the ignorance of the ancient Jews, or to enjoy yourself on the Sabbath, or to give your opinion of Jehovah, were passed by impudent bigots, and should be at once repealed by honest men. An infinite God ought to be able to protect himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures.",
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                        "text": "The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be nominally the same with that of the king of Great Britain, but in substance much inferior to it. It would amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the land and naval forces, as first general and admiral ... while that of the British king extends to the declaring of war and to the raising and regulating of fleets and armies - all which, by the Constitution under consideration, would appertain to the legislature.",
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                        "text": "The primary purpose of the Legislature in establishing \"Arbor Day,\" was to develop and stimulate in the children of the Commonwealth a love and reverence for Nature as revealed in trees and shrubs and flowers. In the language of the statute, \"to encourage the planting, protection and preservation of trees and shrubs\" was believed to be the most effectual way in which to lead our children to love Nature and reverence Nature's God, and to see the uses to which these natural objects may be put in making our school grounds more healthful and at-tractive.",
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                        "text": "The man of system, on the contrary, is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamoured with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of government, that he cannot suffer the smallest deviation from any part of it... He seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chess-board. He does not consider that...in the great chess-board of human society, every single piece has a principle of motion of its own, altogether different from that which the legislature might choose to impress upon it.",
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                        "text": "Order derived through submission and maintained by terror is not much of a safe guaranty; yet that is the only \"order\" that governments have ever maintained. True social harmony grows naturally out of solidarity of interests. In a society where those who always work never have anything, while those who never work enjoy everything, solidarity of interests is non-existent; hence social harmony is but a myth… Thus the entire arsenal of governments - laws, police, soldiers, the courts, legislatures, prisons - is strenuously engaged in \"harmonizing\" the most antagonistic elements in society.",
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                        "text": "“ 1. Society needs laws. While anarchy can often turn a humdrum weekend into something unforgettable, eventually the mob must be kept from stealing the conch and killing Piggy . And while it would be nice if that \"something\" was simple human decency, anybody who has witnessed the \"50% Off Wedding Dress Sale\" at Filene's Basement knows we need a backup plan—preferably in writing. On the other hand, too many laws can result in outright tyranny, particularly if one of those laws is \" Kneel before Zod .\" Somewhere between these two extremes lies the legislative sweet-spot that produces just the right amount of laws for a well-adjusted society—more than zero, less than fascism.”",
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                        "text": "And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; or to raise standing armies, unless necessary for the defense of the United States, or of some one or more of them; or to prevent the people from petitioning, in a peaceable and orderly manner, the federal legislature, for a redress of grievances; or to subject the people to unreasonable searches and seizures of their persons, papers or possessions.",
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                        "text": "Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature. . . . If the next centennial does not find us a great nation . . . it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces.",
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