Being wise Quote by Andrew Johnson

It is of course true that any kind of judicial legislation is objectionable on the score of the limited interests which a Court can…

— Learned Hand

[I]f we assume a liberty interest but nevertheless say that, even assuming a liberty interest, a state can prohibit it entirely, that would be…

— William Rehnquist

Legislation has a certain jurisdiction. It can't change mindsets and hearts.

— Smriti Irani

All "public interest' legislation (and any distribution of money taken by force from some men for the unearned benefit of others) comes down ultimately…

— Ayn Rand

Ideal legislators do not vote their interests.

— John Rawls

A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.

— Antonin Scalia

A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn.

— John Bercow

The greatest single virtue of a strong legislature is not what it can do, but what it can prevent.

— J. William Fulbright

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

A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.

— John Marshall

We do not sit as a super-legislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.

— William O. Douglas

No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant.

— George Washington