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Legislative Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his…
- Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid jealousy from the other sects, were the public…
- He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people…
- The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions.
- We established however some, although not all its [self-government] important principles . The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent…
- The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be not…
- The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration…
- 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…
- Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his…
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- The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will… — Samuel Adams
- Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy. — Robert Bork
- Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage,… — Gro Harlem Brundtland
- I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to… — Hillary Clinton
- It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the… — Alexander Hamilton
- The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which… — Alexander Hamilton
- Governments decide they know best and they're going to tell you what to do. The trouble is that education doesn't go on… — Ken Robinson
- I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great… — Douglas MacArthur