Legislatures Quotes

48 Legislatures quotes by 38 unique authors

Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice. — Abraham Lincoln
Order derived through submission and maintained by terror is not much of a safe guaranty; yet that is the only "order" that governments have ever… — Emma Goldman
...Only physicians are likely to be regarded as competent to judge the qualifications of potential physicians, so licensing boards in the various states...are typically composed..of… — Milton Friedman
An infinite God ought to be able to protect himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures. Certainly he ought not so to act that… — Robert Green Ingersoll
An infinite God ought to be able to protect Himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees. — Earl Warren
I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world. — Mark Twain
State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher… — Arne Duncan
Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure Europe's fiscal, banking, and monetary… — Barry Eichengreen
In the last two years, the amount of legislation in the House of Representatives and state legislatures has been really unprecedented, that has focused on… — Sandra Fluke
I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoever does run will have a much better chance of encountering… — Al Gore
How do you react when your own government lies to you systematically about life-and-death questions? As I have noted earlier, the answer is political action… — Harris L Coulter
Lawyers, before any other group, must continue to point out how the system is really working-how it actually affects real people. They must constantly demonstrate… — William J. Brennan
Our work is before us. It cannot be passed to future legislatures and must not be passed to future generations. May we boldly seize the… — Rick Perry
I have introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and make it clear that the Congress and state legislatures do have the ability and… — Bernie Sanders
The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or… — Walt Whitman
I am not one of those who believe - broadly speaking - that women are better than men. We have not wrecked railroads, nor corrupted… — Jane Addams
Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations. — Diane Ravitch
The media, the polls and our legislatures fortunately have short attention spans. — John Gutfreund
Unlike the United States Congress, which mostly forbids outside employment, state legislatures are generally composed of people with other careers. — Bill Dedman

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