State Legislatures Quotes

25 quotes by 20 authors

Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right… — Bob Barr
this last establishment will probably be within a mile of Charlottesville, and four from Monticello, if the system should be adopted at all by our… — Thomas Jefferson
The Federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular, to… — James Madison
I am unable to conceive that the state legislatures which must feel so many motives to watch, and which possess so many means of counteracting… — James Madison
The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment, and of giving… — James Madison
Nothing can be more evident, than that an exclusive power of regulating elections for the National Government, in the hands of the State Legislatures, would… — Alexander Hamilton
For the same reason that the members of the State legislatures will be unlikely to attach themselves sufficiently to national objects, the members of the… — James Madison
there ought always to be a constitutional method of giving efficacy to constitutional provisions. What for instance would avail restrictions on the authority of the… — James Madison
And that's the mission of The Innocence Project in New York, is to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, and also work from a… — John Grisham
The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital. Hundreds… — Rutherford B. Hayes
Whatâ€™s happened is that, almost overnight, weâ€™ve switched from democracy in real-property recording to oligarchy in real-property recording. There was no court case behind this,… — Christopher Peterson
There are legions of [Aquarian, New Age, One World Religion] conspirators. They are in corporations, universities, and hospitals, on the faculties of public schools, in… — Marilyn Ferguson
If the General Government should be left dependent on the State Legislatures, it would be happy for us if we had never met in this… — John Dickinson
...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
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
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

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