Legislation Quotes
Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.
Peace cannot come by legislation or through affiliation with any political philosophy...Peace, joy, and happiness can come only through an acceptance of God's revealed plan of life.
From the nature of things, every society must at all times possess within itself the sovereign powers of legislation.
The purpose of establishing different houses of legislation is to introduce the influence of different interests or different principles.
Our present condition is, Legislation without law; wisdom without a plan; a constitution without a name; and, what is strangely astonishing, perfect independence contending for dependence.
There’s something very dangerous happening in states across the country. A wave of legislation, introduced in more than two dozen states, would allow people to discriminate against their neighbors.
Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity.
Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.
There are serious budgetry issues that need to be worked through. Playing a game of lying about what's in the content of legislation isn't going to get them anywhere.
With a close parliament, if the Government wants to get a good outcome for the nation, they can't play a game of lying to the public about what's in their own legislation. They can't do that.
What I am anxious to do is to secure my legislation.... What I want to do is to get through that, and if I can point to a record of usefulness of that kind, I am entirely willing to quit office.
Legislating morality grows big government immensely, and helps fashion the noose the government will use to ultimately hang you by.
Human Nature is not a problem that can be fixed by rules and regulations. All solutions to the existing problems must be based on how people behave, not on how we think they should behave.
Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged participation are what make it happen.
nothing, on the other hand, can be more impenetrable to the uninitiated than a legislation founded upon precedents.
True unalienable rights do not require one to trample other unalienable rights.