Legislation Quotes

417 Legislation quotes by 336 unique authors

This is a matter of vital importance to the public safety ... While we recognize that assault-weapon legislation will not stop all assault-weapon crime, statistics… — Ronald Reagan
If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of criminal… — Orrin Hatch
I sympathize with people who want to ban guns, but I can't agree with them. We have to be careful in our zeal to abolish… — Hugh Downs
Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible for these killings as the criminals are because they won't pass strong gun [control] legislation. — Marion Barry
The important distinction so well understood in America between a constitution established by the people, and unalterable by the government; and a law established by… — James Madison
If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man… — Alphonse de Lamartine
The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its evil effects are… — A. V. Dicey
We have other legislation that all of you are aware that I have been so active on, with my colleagues here, and that is to… — Frank Lautenberg
I shortly will introduce legislation banning the sale, manufacture or possession of handguns (with exceptions for law enforcement and licensed target clubs)... . It is… — John Chafee
Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded… — Immanuel Kant
We respect and support the example set by President JosÃ© Mujica of Uruguay in proposing legislation that regulates the cannabis market — Otto Perez Molina
The dominant feature of the later legislation has been this steady reduction of the status of the native, and, though the intention has been protective,… — Paul Hasluck
But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean,… — Barack Obama
It is the fundamental right of every American, as guaranteed by the first amendment of the Constitution, to worship as he or she pleases... This… — Jimmy Carter
The true Church preaches REGENERATION; not reformation, not education, not legislation, but regeneration. — M R DeHaan
I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the… — George Will
I had been involved in animal welfare groups, but DDAL presented an opportunity to actually create and pass legislation aimed at issues which really matter… — Doris Day
I told him last Monday that I felt the way things were going it was unlikely that I would be able to vote for the… — Lucinda Creighton
I appreciate the decision made by Gov. Brewer to veto this legislation. I hope that we can now move on from this controversy and assure… — John McCain
Gradually, they learned that politics is fundamentally a great business, a struggling and a haggling for advantages, over whose lap collects the most rewards cast… — Friedrich Naumann

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