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Legislature Quotes by William Blackstone
- Those rights, then, which God and nature have established, and are therefore called natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not the aid of…
- If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that were to set…
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- What I don't like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint justices who… — Michele Bachmann
- Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees… — Bob Barr
- But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing the Legislature… — Warren Beatty
- A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn. — John Bercow
- In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific… — Edmund Burke
- The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law. — George W. Bush
- Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. — Samuel Butler
- Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to… — Thomas Jefferson
- It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about… — Bob Ehrlich
- It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the… — Alexander Hamilton
- We have to stand up for these issues when it's tough, and that's what I've done. I did it when I was… — Barack Obama
- this last establishment will probably be within a mile of Charlottesville, and four from Monticello, if the system should be adopted at… — Thomas Jefferson