quotes about Legislation
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I'm not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation of that nature.
-- Alan Greenspan -
It was the Democrats who were against civil rights legislation
-- Allen West -
I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
-- Andrew Cuomo -
A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
-- Barack Obama -
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A lot of so-called rich, according to this legislation, make $250,000. That's a lot of money, but it is not rich.
-- Bernard Goldberg -
Live to fight another day on better legislation.
-- Dana PerinoSource : Source: www.foxnews.com
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I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation.
-- Daniel Radcliffe -
When we visited with legislative counsel, they told us that the only way to effectively accomplish what we were trying to do was to put the words in the legislation.
-- Doug Ose -
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All the legislation in the world will not abolish kissing.
-- Elinor Glyn -
In many countries adult ***** legislation is an attempt to legislate something else.
-- Eric Schmidt -
We have other legislation that all of you are aware that I have been so active on, with my colleagues here, and that is to shut down the gun shows.
-- Frank Lautenberg -
Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.
-- Gary Johnson -
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
-- Gary Miller -
I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.'
-- Gough Whitlam -
I will always support legislation which respects and values life.
-- Gresham Barrett -
All legislation is founded upon the principle of mutual concession.
-- Henry ClaySource : "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell", www.nbcnews.com. March 16, 2011.
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Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.
-- James F. CooperSource : "The American Democrat: Or, Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America". Book by James Fenimore Cooper, 1838.
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If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.
-- Jay Sekulow -
Obama has seen to the passage of the most radical legislation in recent American history and so-called 'progressives' should be thanking him for it - even as many of the rest of us rear in horror from its implications.
-- John Podhoretz -
The Bush administration staunchly opposed legislation which would preserve overtime pay for all workers.
-- John Sweeney -
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Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.
-- Joseph Gurney CannonSource : The Sun, March 4, 1923.
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In legislation we all do a lot of swapping tobacco across the lines.
-- Joseph Gurney CannonSource : "Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations" by Library of Congress, 1989.
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Legislation that names a specific private organization to defund (rather than all organizations that engage in a particular activity) is improper and arguably unconstitutional.
-- Justin Amash -
I'll sign anything except bad legislation.
-- Kinky Friedman -
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The true Church preaches REGENERATION; not reformation, not education, not legislation, but regeneration.
-- M. R. DeHaan -
People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.
-- Major Owens -
It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that you have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
-- Major Owens -
Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.
-- Max Baucus -
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Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another.
-- Moses MendelssohnSource : Moses Mendelssohn (2011). “Moses Mendelssohn: Writings on Judaism, Christianity, and the Bible”, p.87, UPNE
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The ideas embodied in the New Deal Legislation were a compilation of those which had come to maturity under Herbert Hoover’s aegis. We all of us owed much to Hoover
-- Rexford Tugwell -
Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation.
-- Robert A. Heinlein -
Maybe I was naive, but I thought the whole point of being an MP was to scrutinise legislation and improve it.
-- Sarah WollastonSource : "The dinosaur’s fresh meat". www.economist.com. April 6, 2013.
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Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.
-- Saul WilliamsSource : "Hip-hop's poet laureate speaks out". Interview with Tyson Wheatley, www.cnn.com. January 17, 2005.
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If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
-- Solon -
I believe that there are parts to human nature that cannot be reached by either legislation or education, but require the power of God to deal with.
-- Stephen Covey -
Industries are fearful of legislation. But if you start in the marketplace and forge a solution, you get a lot less resistance - and often a more flexible approach.
-- Cary Sherman -
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I will consider my time in the Senate a failure if we don't pass some meaningful legislation to reduce the likelihood that Sandy Hook ever happens again.
-- Chris MurphySource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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At bottom are only two pure forms of legislation - productive and redistributive.
-- Richard Allen Epstein -
The most numerous objects of legislation belong to the States. Those of the National Legislature [are] but few.
-- Rufus KingSource : Rufus King (1971). “The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: 1755-1794”
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What we need is legislation, not negotiation, for the entire globe.
-- Torbjorn TannsjoSource : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
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