Legislation Quotes

417 Legislation quotes by 336 unique authors

A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad. — William Howard Taft
Creating legislation is a tough process. But watering down legislation? Strangling it with lawsuits and comment letters and blue-ribbon committees? Not so tough, it turns… — Matt Taibbi
London has always been a haven for victims of cruelty, and been improved by them. Yet I can see it changing now. Outsiders are demonised,… — Emma Thompson
We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect… — Andrew Weil
Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair. — Saul Williams
It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress. — Robert Winston
Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution. — William Butler Yeats
Feminism means something - legislation, cultural change - but 'Girl Power' meant nothing more than being friends with your friends. — Caitlin Moran
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are,… — Jimmy Carter
Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things… — Abraham Lincoln
The people cannot look to legislation generally for success. Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve from toil. It… — Calvin Coolidge
The fact that some governments, churches and numerous corrupted individuals have tried to reduce such behavior from criminal offence to personal privilege dose not change… — Spencer W. Kimball
We don't need a law against McDonald's or a law against slaughterhouse abuse--we ask for too much salvation by legislation. All we need to do… — Joel Salatin
Bunbury? Oh, he was quite exploded. Exploded! Was he the victim of a revolutionary outrage? I was not aware that Mr. Bunbury was interested in… — Oscar Wilde
The same crime element that white people are scared of black people are scared of. While they waiting for legislation to pass, we next door… — Tupac Shakur
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most sweeping civil rights legislation of its day, and included women's rights as part of its reforms.… — Adam Selzer
If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones. — Voltaire
we ask for too much salvation by legislation. All we need to do is empower individuals with the right philosophy and the right information to… — Michael Pollan
Life, faculties, production-in other words, individuality, liberty, property-this is man. And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from God… — Frederic Bastiat
[Lighting a cigarette] Well, I'm not here to impinge on anybody else's lifestyle. If I'm in a place where I know I'm going to harm… — Frank Zappa
Further, an excess of legislation defeats its own ends. It makes the whole population criminals, and turns them all into police and police spies. The… — Aleister Crowley
More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of unborn children. Abortion… — Ronald Reagan
As for loving woman, I have never understood why some people had a fit. I still don't. It seems fine to me. If an individual… — Rita Mae Brown
In existing criminology there are concepts: a criminal man, a criminal profession, a criminal society, a criminal sect, and a criminal tribe; but there is… — P D Ouspensky
As long as we look to legislation to cure poverty or to abolish special privilege we are going to see poverty and special privilege grow — Henry Ford

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