Legislator Quotes

62 Legislator quotes by 54 unique authors

For legislators make the citizens good by forming habits in them, and this is the wish of every legislator, and those who do not effect… — Aristotle
I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan. — Nikki Haley
For eighteen hundred years, though perchance I have no right to say it, the New Testament has been written; yet where is the legislator who… — Henry David Thoreau
Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room? — Garry Trudeau
The legislator is an indispensable guardian of our freedom. It is true that great executives have played a powerful role in the development of civilization,… — J. William Fulbright
I'd like to think I'm a serious legislator and trying to get things done. — Rob Portman
There's no conscious plan here; my whole life in politics as a state legislator and in Congress has been about strengthening the middle class. — Peter Welch
What I have absolutely no sympathy with is the legislator, the man who seeks, for his own profit, to exploit the weaknesses of those who… — Malcolm Lowry
In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of… — Robert Bork
I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and… — Tammy Baldwin
Instead of taking a very high-paying type of law job or something that I might be able to do, I have been a legislator. That's… — Russ Feingold
As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes. — Justin Amash
I have a proven record as an effective legislator, which I believe is my greatest asset. — Sandy Adams
I've been called the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly, — Sharron Angle
So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of… — Sharron Angle
I would appoint judges that interpreted the Constitution rather than invented it, understood the difference between being a judge and being a legislator. — Rudy Giuliani
We ought to be very cautious in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous… — Baron de Montesquieu
In all forms of government the people is the true legislator. — Edmund Burke
A super-legislator body is not what the court was intended to be, When I ponder our country and its greatness, its weakness, its potential, my… — Tom Coburn
A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in making others work… — Napoleon Bonaparte
You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator. — Dick Murphy
But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple. — John Kenneth Galbraith
You cannot have man legislating and playing God in Parliament, and at the same time believe that Allah is the only legislator. — Clarissa Ward
Every single dollar spent lobbying a legislator on behalf of oil and gas is a toxic dollar that undermines public health and safety laws that… — Josh Fox
I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential… — George McGovern

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