Legislation Quotes

O Logic: born gatekeeper to the Temple of Science, victim of capricious destiny: doomed hitherto to be the drudge of pedants: come to the aid of thy master, Legislation

Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now had it not been for Ted Kennedy's deliberately blocking the legislation that I proposed in 1978 or '79.

Slovakias joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.

Reconciliation cannot be used to pass comprehensive health care reform. It won't work because it was never designed for that kind of significant legislation; it was designed for deficit reduction.

Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends.

Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible for these killings as the criminals are because they won't pass strong gun [control] legislation.

President Trump is going to keep the promises he made to the American people through decisive executive action and through legislation.

I am personally against abortion on demand, but I believe it is very clear that there must be legislation brought in that will deal with what is becoming simply a mish-mash of approaches

We don't want crimes committed in New Mexico falling through the cracks. This legislation ensures that there is no area of our state where crimes can be committed without consequence.

The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.

Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation.

The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation.

I mean, if you go back to 1960 on major pieces of legislation, the filibuster was used about eight percent of the time.

we ask for too much salvation by legislation. All we need to do is empower individuals with the right philosophy and the right information to opt out en masse. (quoting Joel Salatin)

Feminism means something - legislation, cultural change - but 'Girl Power' meant nothing more than being friends with your friends.

Sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought to sloppy legislation.

Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.

In legislation we all do a lot of swapping tobacco across the lines.

Donald Trump and I would never support legislation that punished women who made the heart-breaking choice to end a pregnancy.

Legislation may at times be disobeyed, but never law, for the breaking brings swift punishment of its own.

Part of the NAFTA legislation required studies of labor practices, and there was quite a good study that came out by a labor historian on the use of NAFTA to undermine and destroy unions.

A territory cannot become a state or a nation unless Congress approves legislation and the president signs it.

At bottom are only two pure forms of legislation - productive and redistributive.

The National Rifle Association is a domestic terrorist organization that tacitly supports the killing of children more than it supports reasoned gun legislation.

Maybe I was naive, but I thought the whole point of being an MP was to scrutinise legislation and improve it.

I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything.

It was the Democrats who were against civil rights legislation

The gun legislation was doomed the minute it became associated with the words common sense.

The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth.

Legislation is a matter of more or less intelligent improvisation aiming at palliating conditions by means of patchwork policies.

Nearly all legislation involves a weighing of public needs as against private desires; and likewise a weighing of relative social values.

The Patriot Act is the most egregious piece of legislation to ever leave Congress since the Alien and Sedition Acts, John Ashcroft and every member of Congress who voted for it should be indicted.

History has shown us that 'Get Things Done' is mindless liberal code for passing ineffective legislation and expanding government for government's sake.

Selfishness and fear are at the root of (pro-abortion) legislation...We in the Church have a great struggle to defend life...life is a gift not a threat.

I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.

Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.

The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.

The existence of the EPA regulation will require large carbon polluters to look at their hole cards, and some of them have decided that they much prefer legislation.

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.

I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.

National legislation will prevent other states' flawed concealed-weapons laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents.

My strong preference has always been to legislate when I can get legislation done.

Leadership isn't just legislation, that it's a matter of persuading people and giving them confidence, and bringing them together and setting a tone.

A lot of so-called rich, according to this legislation, make $250,000. That's a lot of money, but it is not rich.

We know the legislation that passed the House. It was the worst piece of legislation frankly against working class people that I can remember in my political life in the Congress.

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.

The science of legislation is like that of medicine in one respect: that it is far more easy to point out what will do harm than what will do good.

If the legislation helps people improve their lives, then that's great because that's the ultimate goal of all of this.

Pass legislation. When Obama signs, you've shown seriousness and the ability to govern. When he vetoes, you've clarified the differences between party philosophies and prepared the ground for 2016.