Legislator Quotes

62 Legislator quotes by 54 unique authors

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime. — John Ruskin
Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army. — Elie Wiesel
The individual cannot think and communicate his thought, the governor and legislator cannot act effectively or frame his laws without words, and the solidity and… — Ezra Pound
It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property. The existence of persons and property preceded the existence of… — Frederic Bastiat
The legislator should direct his attention above all to the education of youth; for the neglect of education does harm to the constitution. The citizen… — Aristotle
Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resigns his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then?… — Henry David Thoreau
In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician. — Dan Maffei
Being a new mother was a joyful and sometimes overwhelming experience - and as the first Missouri female state legislator to have a baby while… — Claire McCaskill
Immortality awaits the legislator fortunate enough to have a significant law named after him. Think of Pell grants or Stafford loans for students, Sarbanes-Oxley to… — Jim Cooper
The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals. — Bob Woodward
Violence against women is as American as apple pie. I know, not only as a legislator, but from personal experience. — Gwen Moore
Look, I'm an actor, I'm not a politician. I'm not a statistician. I'm not a legislator. — Tom Hanks

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