Civil war Quote by Abraham Lincoln

I think it is unwise to shut down the government.

— Kathy Szeliga

Laws, especially those of a constitutional nature like the Basic Law, which have been formulated through reasonable legislative processes, should never be freely interpreted…

— Carrie Lam

We dedicated ourselves to a powerful idea - organic law rather than naked power. There seems to be universal acceptance of that idea in…

— Potter Stewart

There should be a law that you can't shut down the government - that you don't have that power.

— Lewis Black

No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people.

— Cornelius Nepos

There is no better example of the overreach of government than in environmental law.

— Chris Stewart

No organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration. .. No foresight…

— Abraham Lincoln

It's true: Whenever I see a government rule that could clearly be used to punish people for doing innocuous things, it is never enough…

— Kat Timpf

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends…

— Lysander Spooner

“If legislation is truly necessary, one would expect the government to be able to provide proof of this beyond anecdote and speculation. Such proof…

— Randy E. Barnett

No government body is more notorious for over-legislation than the Department of Trade and Industry.

— Charles Kennedy

“government regulation cannot substitute for individual integrity.”

— Alan Greenspan