Legislative Quotes

197 quotes by 142 authors

Legislative proposals that would enable an employer to determine whether or not a woman's insurance would cover the cost of birth control strikes women as… — Madeleine M. Kunin
Americans were outraged and horrified by this president's reckless spending and his endless assaults on the Constitution, but no issue drove them to rise up… — David Limbaugh
Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios, and the… — Dee Dee Myers
The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers. — Ralph Nader
I will not use my legislative powers except in a very limited framework. — Mohammed Morsi
The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid. — Lyn Nofziger
Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent judicial branch that… — Sandra Day O'Connor
I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR,… — Barack Obama
You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this last legislative session while balancing their budget and maintaining their reserves… — Rick Perry
'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices… — Karl Rove
Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political - legislative and administrative - decisions… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government. — Eliot Spitzer
In the first weeks of the Obama administration, 'bipartisanship' was the reigning buzzword, and when the Beltway thinks 'bipartisan,' it pictures President Reagan and Democratic… — James Wolcott
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or… — James Madison
Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government. — James Madison
We no longer ask of a judicial ruling or a legislative act: is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it right? Will… — Tony Judt
I hope a start at getting some oil out of the enormous Alaska field isn't indefinitely mired in a bureaucratic morass as a result of… — Malcolm Forbes
If the author of the Declaration of Independence were to utter such a sentiment today, the Post Office Department could exclude him from the mail,… — Frank I. Cobb
As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James… — Dick Morris
We have depended on government for so much for so long that we as people have become less vigilant of our liberties. As long as… — Ron Paul

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