Legislative Quotes

197 quotes by 142 authors

Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities… — John Engler
Americaâ€™s drug problem is not going to be solved in courtrooms or legislative hearing rooms by judges and politicians. It will be solved in living… — Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people. — James Burgh
We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms. — Charles Schumer
EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial… — Ambrose Bierce
By perfecting this legislative machinery and by participating in the various international agreements we intend to contribute to the wholesome development of world trade. — Shigeru Yoshida
The time has come for justice at the ballot box, and justice in the courts, and justice in the legislative halls, and justice in the… — John Jay Hooker
We are losing the war against cancer. The prohibition of new carcinogenic products, reduction of toxins in use, and right-to-know laws - these are among… — Samuel Epstein
If the communications media are a good destined for all humanity, then ever-new means must be found - including recourse to opportune legislative measures -… — Pope John Paul II
Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts… — Sherwood Boehlert
The most important consideration I have is I want my legislative shop to have a functional office suite that is conducive to getting their work… — Steve Womack
These are the rules of big business. They have superseded the teachings of our parents and are reducible to a simple maxim: Get a monopoly;… — Frederic C. Howe
Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act. — Carl Menger
If politics meanâ€¦the effort to secure through legislative action better conditions of life for the people, greater opportunities for our children and other peopleâ€™s childrenâ€¦then… — Irene Parlby
[E]very act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary… — Alexander Hamilton
We have already given in example one effectual check to the dog of war by transferring the power of letting him loose from the Executive… — Thomas Jefferson
The only guarantee of the Bill of Rights which continues to have any force and effect is the one prohibiting quartering troops on citizens in… — H. L. Mencken
Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases. — Harry S. Truman
To embarrass justice by multiplicity of laws, or to hazard it by confidence in judges, seem to be the opposite rocks on which all civil… — Samuel Johnson
Any attempts by any government to change Community legislation to its own wishes are doomed to failure following the extension of policy areas now subject… — Margaret Thatcher

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