Legislation Quotes

417 Legislation quotes by 336 unique authors

The bulk of government is not legislation but administration. — Theodore Roosevelt
I don't think that I need to tell you how important to the outcome of that race is the education legislation that is now before… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Borrowing money on what's called 'easy terms,' is a one-way ticket to the Poor House. If you think it ain't a Sucker Game, why is… — Will Rogers
There is a massive economic opportunity out there to be taken without waiting for government legislation. — Ellen MacArthur
Moralities and religions are the principal means by which one can make whatever one wishes out of man, provided one possesses a superfluity of creative… — Friedrich Nietzsche
A decrease in the quantity of legislation generally means an increase in the quality of life. — George Will
The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of default by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate.… — Ronald Reagan
The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil government of a community ... that in the operation of human institutions upon social… — John Quincy Adams
For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people… — Barney Frank
The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds… — Al Franken
I'll sign anything except bad legislation. — Kinky Friedman
Inflation is taxation without legislation. — Milton Friedman
Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. — Milton Friedman
I'm not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation of that nature. — Alan Greenspan
I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation. — Andrew Cuomo
Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's… — Ted Danson
Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. — Denis Diderot
If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war… — John Dingell
One side-effect of the so-called war on terror has been a crisis of liberalism. This is not only a question of alarmingly illiberal legislation, but… — Terry Eagleton
This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So,… — Larry Elder
A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders. — Larry Elder
What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked 'a majority of the majority,'… — Rahm Emanuel
When a politician like Marco Rubio is willing to sacrifice his career defining immigration reform legislation solely to insure that gays and lesbians are denied… — Harvey Fierstein
We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation… — Carly Fiorina
I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion. — Stephen Harper

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