Affection Quote by Thomas Jefferson

I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the…

— Thomas Jefferson

... legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property... Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from…

— Thomas Jefferson

One thing is clear: Our governments have too many laws.

— Kat Timpf

For the same reason that the members of the State legislatures will be unlikely to attach themselves sufficiently to national objects, the members of…

— James Madison

Lawmakers, sometimes they get surprised by something and they assess it to be powerful even when it's not really signaling that kind of capacity.

— Zeynep Tufekci

The trouble today is that we have too many laws.

— John Nance Garner

Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind.

— John Adams

The government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended this perverse…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners.

— Anonymous

Permission from the government is an expensive commodity. New ideas rarely have this kind of support. Old ideas often have deep legislative connections to…

— Lawrence Lessig

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

— Tacitus

The Constitution: it's not just a good idea, it's the law.

— Michael Badnarik