"Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests."

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"A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad."

William Howard Taft, American President

Legislation, May, Rest, Years

"Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of reciprocity, they would think is most reasonable to enact."

John Rawls, American Educator

Legislation, Legislators, Reciprocity

"The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals."

Bob Woodward, American Journalist

Legislation, Deals, Talk, Trouble

"The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy lifting."

Major Owens, American Politician

Legislation, First

"Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about."

Barney Frank, American Politician

Legislation, Medicine, Practice, State, Talking

"Of the five House Calendars, the Private Calendar is the one to which all Private Bills are referred. Private Bills deal with specific individuals, corporations, institutions, and so forth, as distinguished from public bills which deal with classes only."

Howard Coble, American Politician

Legislation, Corporations, Public

"Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped."

Gary Johnson, American Politician

Legislation,

"The world is not going to be saved by legislation."

William Howard Taft, American President

Legislation, World

"I'll sign anything except bad legislation."

Kinky Friedman, American Musician

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"We passed important laws to give the authorities responsible for investigation wide powers to defend us."

George Pataki, American Politician

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"Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects."

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"I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it."

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"There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws."

Law

"Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs."

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"I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source."

Duty

"Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide."

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"If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country."

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"A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad."

"Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of reciprocity, they would think is most reasonable to enact."

"The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals."

"The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy lifting."

"Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about."

"Of the five House Calendars, the Private Calendar is the one to which all Private Bills are referred. Private Bills deal with specific individuals, corporations, institutions, and so forth, as distinguished from public bills which deal with classes only."

"Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped."

"The world is not going to be saved by legislation."

"I'll sign anything except bad legislation."

"We passed important laws to give the authorities responsible for investigation wide powers to defend us."

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"The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people."

"Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North."

"It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word."

"Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects."

"I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it."

"There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws."

"Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs."

"I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source."

"Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide."

"If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country."