I'd like to see a revival of state legislatures, in which I am a true Jeffersonian. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Democrats, folks, only have five states where they have the governorship and the state legislature. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Gabby Giffords was a mentor of mine in the state Legislature and also in Congress. — Ann Kirkpatrick 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
The Federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Let me be clear: My purpose is not to put Congress in charge of state elections. That's the opposite of what I… — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
Sometimes, people forget my record of fiscal conservatism on major issues in the state legislature. The greatest example is my voting against… — Leonard Lance 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
I want judges on the Supreme Court who will respect the words and the meaning of the Constitution, the laws enacted by… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
If the General Government should be left dependent on the State Legislatures, it would be happy for us if we had never… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
If Jehovah cannot support his religion without going into partnership with a State Legislature, I think he ought to give it up. — Robert Green Ingersoll 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
The late proceedings of those daring invaders to establish a national religion have opened the eyes of all lovers of liberty and… — Anne Royall Copy Share Image
Hopefully folks will look at the good things that I've done over the years, you know, my 10 years in Congress, my… — Keith Ellison 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
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
Work can be undertaken to create an authentic independent political party, a real party, based on popular participation from the ground up,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's going to be very important that we as women's rights advocates are involved in redistricting of both the states legislatures and… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to Congress a… — William Rawle 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
All laws for the purpose of making man worship God, are born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
...Only physicians are likely to be regarded as competent to judge the qualifications of potential physicians, so licensing boards in the various… — Milton Friedman 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 proper way to make policy changes is for you to convince your fellow citizens that there is a better policy outcome… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Do you think states' rights would have disappeared if state legislatures still elected our United States senators? Do you think our United… — Rob Woodall Copy Share Image
Unlike the United States Congress, which mostly forbids outside employment, state legislatures are generally composed of people with other careers. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
We are at a crossroads over how the federal government in Washington and state legislatures and city councils across the land allocate… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I'm not the first to have raised these democratic concerns. Many have faulted the court for its lack of clarity in certain… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
We're trying to convey how much easier it is than most people think, especially young people, to turn the country around if… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Democrats are not a national party. They have lost governorships, state legislatures, mayoralties. They have lost 1,500 seats since elections, 2010, '12,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
How do you react when your own government lies to you systematically about life-and-death questions? As I have noted earlier, the answer… — Harris L Coulter Copy Share Image
The excuse of divided government is over: they have the House and the Senate as well; they have the state legislatures; they… — Kellyanne Conway 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
“After 2012, Republicans controlled all 11 state legislatures of the former Confederacy, and their campaign tactics centered more than ever on depicting… — Ian Haney López 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 Constitution rightly commits the authority of state elections to state legislatures, not Congress, but Congress must protect the Electoral College and… — Bill Hagerty 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
there ought always to be a constitutional method of giving efficacy to constitutional provisions. What for instance would avail restrictions on the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We do need curriculum reform. And it should happen at the state and local level. That is where educational policy belongs, because… — Marco Rubio 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 of these dark red states. The Republican Party may not be able to repeal Obamacare, but it certainly, through its state legislatures and governorships…” quote by Melissa Harris-Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2cd/melissa-harris-perry-10452_able_maybe-this-democratic-president-barack-o_2488447.jpg)
![“All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless amusement, compared to which a visit to a penitentiary, or even to a State legislature in session, is informing, stimulating and ennobling.” quote by H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c9f/h-l-mencken-245_amusement_all-zoos-actually-offer-to-the-public-in_2331099.jpg)
![“Fast food workers are all the governor has power to enact. Your state legislature is held hostage by the same nitwits that hold hostage the federal [government]. People who have confused suffocating collectivism, which is bad, for a necessity to solve collective action problems, which is what all…” quote by Nick Hanauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/72c/nick-hanauer-25978_action_fast-food-workers-are-all-the-governor-h_976046.jpg)
![“We were just at the beginnings of a recovery [in 2010]. And the, you know, whoever is president at that point is gonna get hit and his party's gonna get hit. That then means that suddenly you've got a redistricting in which a lot of state legislatures are now Republican. They draw lines that give…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/61c/barack-obama-17_advantage_we-were-just-at-the-beginnings-of-a-reco_922833.jpg)
