Legislators Quotes

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Our nation was founded with a bunch of founding legislators who joined together to move our country out of the blocks and get us started,… — Cory Booker
Most of us believe that women can do what men do. The challenge is to convince employers, legislators, mothers, that men can do what women… — Karen DeCrow
You can see the absence of women in governing bodies from Congress to state legislators, on corporate boards, in tenured positions in academia, and as… — Gloria Steinem
The Constitution overrides a statute, but a statute, if consistent with the Constitution, overrides the law of judges. In this sense, judge-made law is secondary… — Benjamin Cardozo
Merchandise from Wal-Mart has become as ubiquitous as the water supply. Yet, still, the company is rebuked and reviled by anyone claiming a social conscience… — Charles Platt
But do not understand me as saying, or for one moment suggesting, that women legislators should confine themselves to doing only social service work. Not… — Edith Rogers
The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin. — Mark Shields
I believe Congress has a duty to do so as well; not simply as a body of legislators, but more importantly as a community of… — Jim Walsh
Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to… — Gerrit Smith
And, in the past, it has been all too easy for legislators to load costs onto business in order to meet broader social goals. And… — John Hutton
As legislators and as Members of Congress, it is our obligation to speak up for those who are being ignored in our society. The Violence… — Gwen Moore
Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators,… — Anthony Lewis
As attorney general, I can either look into it or I can ignore it because they're a bunch of powerful legislators... and I'm afraid they're… — Ben Chandler
I have done things politically, and I've been running a business at the same time, but I sort of joke that to some extent I… — Craig Benson
This morning, before I had my first sip of coffee, I had learned the following: (1) my friends daughter was sick, (2) another friend, more… — Unknown Author
We asserted ourselves as a music community, and showed legislators that music is positive. Especially if you've sold 300 million records worldwide and pay taxes. — Krist Novoselic
It's not about the money. This is about Terri. It's not about the Schindlers, it's not about the legislators, it's not about me, it's about… — Michael Schiavo
Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties;… — John Adams

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