Lawmakers Quotes
48 quotes by 46 authors
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As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember that unnecessary regulations…
— Bob Beauprez
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Yesterday I, along with a bipartisan Congressional Delegation of lawmakers, inspected the detention facilities at Guantanamo used to house individuals detained in the War on…
— Jim Ryun
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I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What does it come…
— Victor Hugo
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Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation.
— Mary Robinson
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Quite agreeable, of course, was this state of things to those who thought it in their abundant riches the result of inevitable economic laws and…
— Pope Pius XI
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As federal lawmakers, we have a responsibility to set a precedent for energy efficient practices.
— Greg Walden
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It is up to us as lawmakers to provide the resources and streamlined processes that will enable our federal forest managers to become the best…
— Greg Walden
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As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election.
— Eddie Bernice Johnson
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What was the good of industrial development, what was the good of all the technological innovations, toil, and population movements if, after half a century…
— Thomas Piketty
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The Internet is a powerful example of free speech and the free market in action; it is curious that the Net has alarmed the lawmakers…
— Denise Caruso
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Success can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker.
— Josh Marshall
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Most companies aim to get bigger. But beyond a certain point, bigness becomes synonymous with badness. Think of Big Pharma, Big Auto, Big Oil. Worse,…
— Andrew Hill
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Our capitol punishment system is haunted by the demon of error- error in determining guilt, error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die...…
— George Ryan
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Tom Coburn never forgot that members of Congress are spending the hard-earned money of the people back home. Even a lot of conservatives end up…
— John Fund
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One difficulty in making the Senate work the way it was intended is that America's electorate is increasingly divided into red and blue states, with…
— Olympia Snowe
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The legislature, like the executive, has ceased to be even the creature of the people: it is the creature of pressure groups, and most of…
— H. L. Mencken
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Listen, we all have to agree that there is too much litigation going on in this world. But every year it seems to multiply tenfold.…
— James Belushi
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I'm a lawmaker, but I really don't like laws.
— Bob Corker
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I'm the policy-maker; I'm the lawmaker.
— Chuck Grassley
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Our world has evolved and grown more technologically savvy. Lawmakers need to adjust to these changes.
— Dennis Hastert
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