Legislative Quotes

197 quotes by 141 authors

Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail… — Evan Bayh
The law that will work is merely the summing up in legislative form of the moral judgment that the community has already reached. — Woodrow Wilson
Clearly there are always unintended consequences of any legislative or regulatory act that's taken in the heat of battle. — Richard Grasso
Honorable, adj.: Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as, "the honorable gentleman… — Ambrose Bierce
The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, is the most vital movement… — William Howard Taft
No legislative, administrative or judicial activity in the Hong Kong SAR is allowed to contradict the Basic Law, let alone to go against the Basic… — Wu Bangguo
Never blame a legislative body for not doing something. When they do nothing, that don't hurt anybody. When they do something is when they become… — Will Rogers
Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies. — Napoleon Bonaparte
All businesses, including gasoline stations and restaurants, should close ever Sunday... by force of legislative fiat through the duly elected officials of the people. — Harold Lindsell
The great interests of an agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing nation are so linked in union together that no permanent cause of prosperity to one of… — John Quincy Adams
This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot. — Barney Frank
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. — Edward Gibbon
Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision. — Barber Conable
I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office. — Andrew Cuomo
There's a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that's very important to take into consideration when… — Andrew Cuomo
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions… — Alan Dershowitz
Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. — John Engler
Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic… — Herbert Hoover
Financial regulatory reform is one of the top legislative priorities of the Obama Administration. — Valerie Jarrett
Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off. — Charles Krauthammer

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