Enact Quotes
75 quotes by 73 authors
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Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right…
— Bob Barr
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States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.
— George W. Bush
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I will lead you to the City Hall, clean out the police force, hang the Prosecuting Attorney, burn every book that has a particle of…
— Denis Kearney
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I've always said that the 1986 [Immigration Reform and Control] Act had a fourth leg [in addition to law enforcement, increased immigration and amnesty] to…
— Jan C. Ting
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I, as a responsible adult human being, will never concede the power to anyone to regulate my choice of what I put into my body,…
— Alexander Shulgin
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We can't go on forever with 11 million people living in this country in the shadows in an illegal status. We cannot forever have children…
— John McCain
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[it] may have hastened his move to the private sector because there was such an outpouring of bitter criticism...The result, if this is successful, will…
— Roger Wicker
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If [drugs] didn't exist, our government would have to invent them, the better to enact laws aimed at keeping the citizens "sinless and obedient."
— Gore Vidal
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We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.
— Allen Tucker
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The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them so beautiful if they did…
— Primo Levi
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The rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it…
— Fulton J. Sheen
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We go to sanctuaries to remember the things we hold most dear, the things we cherish and love. And then-the great challenge-we return home seeking…
— William Cronon
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Compare the cinema with theatre. Both are dramatic arts. Theatre brings actors before a public and every night during the season they re-enact the same…
— John Berger
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Countries with more gender equality have better economic growth. Companies with more women leaders perform better. Peace agreements that include women are more durable. Parliaments…
— Ban Ki-moon
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The mist was so challenging and the winds hit me, definitely more than I expected. It was definitely those winds, you can't re-enact them, you…
— Nik Wallenda
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We may form free constitutions, but our vices will destroy them; we may enact laws, but they will not protect us.
— Lyman Beecher
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Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of…
— John Rawls
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It certainly makes no sense to enact more laws if we cannot, or do not, enforce the ones we have.
— Blanche Lincoln
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Many things happen in life. There are joyous days and times of suffering. Sometimes unpleasant things occur. But that's what makes life so interesting. The…
— Daisaku Ikeda
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The Red Sox are a religion. Every year we re-enact the agony and the temptation in the Garden. Baseball child's play? Hell, up here in…
— George V. Higgins
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