Quotes About Legislation

undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Asia have much less mobility than the goods and services that are so freedly "traded" under legislation such as NAFTA.

And because it may be too great a temptation to human frailty, apt to grasp at power, for the same persons, who have the power of making laws, to have also in their hands the power to execute them, whereby they may exempt themselves from obedience to the laws they make, and suit the law, both in its making, and execution, to their own private advantage.

Grant, in his message, has remembered all classes and conditions of men to Congress,

A man with a club is a law-maker.

If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them.

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place.

Among the defects of the bill, which were numerous, one provision was conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence.

This is an industry to not only look at, but become a part of for the future, right now in the present. It can create wealth, amplify health and help to save, sustain and grow economies while reducing our footprint. With the farm bill making it legal, again; it's time to return to hemp.

The most ignorant young man, who knows nothing of the needs of women, thinks himself a competent legislator, because he is a man," Pankhurst told the crowd, eyeing the Harvard men. "This aristocratic attitude is a mistake.

Imagine if Congress were actually knowledgeable of American history.

groundwork for a virtual police state. One is the John Warner Defense Authorization Act, signed by Bush in 2007, which allows the use of the military against civilians without permission of the governor of a state. The

this was indeed some crazy world, where the waiting period to get an abortion was longer than the waiting period to get a gun.

I definitely think there could be stricter teen driving laws.

Easier to get a gun here than to vote or drive. You

Congress sets the rules and says: "Save all the taxes you can, but play the game according to the rules. If there is an inequity, we'll change the rules.

Legislation in Violation of God's Natural Law Is a Scourge To Humanity

There is absolutely zero chance that ObamaCare will be repealed while Democrats control the Senate and President Obama is in the White House.

A massive immigration bill has no chance of becoming law.

It was really shocking to me that when I was dating a dude I could get married and my taxes were 8 grand less, blah blah blah.

I had concluded when I was the prosecutor that I would vote against the death penalty if I were in the legislature but that I could ask for it when I was satisfied as to guilt.

The measure would set criminal penalties, the same as those that would apply if harm or death happened to the pregnant woman, for those who harm a fetus.

Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane.

You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.

Vivre d'un troupeau, c'est en grande partie le parasiter quelle que soit la préocupation qu'on ait de son bien-être. Nous sommes à la fois le législatif et l'exécutif. On ne peut enfermer des animaux dans une étreinte intéressée sans aller à l'encontre de leur nature. La démarche soucieuse de vivre avec et non de peut déjà atténuer l'arbitraire. Il s'agit alors de vivre des réciprocités. (p.238)