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While in the Florida legislature, I strongly opposed the Stand Your Ground law because I believed it would provide defenses to people who had created… — Dan Gelber
Judges are the people who have to protect the rights of individuals, have to protect the rights of minorities, have to protect the rights in… — Jed S. Rakoff
Gabby Giffords was a mentor of mine in the state Legislature and also in Congress. — Ann Kirkpatrick
Sometimes, people forget my record of fiscal conservatism on major issues in the state legislature. The greatest example is my voting against the pension borrowing… — Leonard Lance
I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the first in the country. — Barney Frank
To go from chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in the Kansas Legislature to one of 50 on the Appropriations Committee and one of 435… — Kevin Yoder
The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the… — John Marshall
The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy men will from… — Oliver Ellsworth
I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress. — Gabrielle Giffords
If we are to attract private investment, if we are to be able to make the legislature feel the moneys from taxpayers are being used… — James E. Rogers
No state legislature ever built a great university. — James E. Rogers
Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi. — Tom Hayden
I am confident that this legislature will rise above partisan bickering, especially after the public promises its members made last fall, and that it will… — Charles Edison
In regard to education, something has been done by the Provincial Legislature; but to build churches, and to place clergymen is a work of greater… — John Strachan
The Legislature of Lower Canada, consisting chiefly of Roman Catholics, could hardly be expected to support a church which they were taught to consider heretical,… — John Strachan
He seems to want confrontation not only with the legislature and with the other elected officials, but he wants constant confrontation in order to be… — Bill Scott
My job is to interpret the law based on how the legislature and the court has done it and then, of course, to use our… — Bill Scott
Our original idea was to help three or four hundred candidates in the first election run for the Ohio State legislature and the California legislature… — Pete du Pont
The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor, business community, labor community, president and… — Marc Morial
Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona legislature have created an environment in Arizona where performing is no longer a neutral act. They have created an… — Zack de la Rocha
I think he should let me run Ohio. He should let us, the legislature, the members there, we should be running Ohio. The states are… — John Kasich
Ultimately, we have to decide, with the Legislature: Are we willing to take some bold steps to make us even more competitive in the future,… — Dave Heineman
Learn to live in this world with self-respect. You should always cherish some ambition of doing something in this world. But remember that the age… — B R Ambedkar
I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people… — Thomas Jefferson
'No mans life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session!' Mark Twain — Andrew Guzaldo

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