Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation and harmony. Wine robs a man of self-possession; opium greatly invigorates it.
Thomas De Quincey
It’s hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.
Senator John Kerry
The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh-Morpork some legislation was passed in a determined attempt to “put a stop to this sort of thing and introduce some honest...
Terry Pratchett
It is a decision that will bring hope to millions of Americans. I know there`s still a long ways to go with the legislation, but a large step has been taken by the majority leader today ... and I admire the majority leader for doing it.
Harry Reid
[During a microphone check on August 11 1984, unaware that he was being broadcast]: My fellow Americans. I`m pleased to announce that I`ve signed legislation outlawing the Soviet Union. We begin bombing in five minutes.
Ronald Reagan
When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are legitimate and which are not, he assumes the power to disapprove of any and all legislation, because all legislation makes distinctions.
Robert Bork
When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are legitimate and which are not, he assumes the power to disapprove of any and all legislation, because all legislation makes distinctions.
Robert Bork
What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked `a majority of the majority,` or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America`s security foremost in mind...
Amy McFarland
What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked `a majority of the majority,` or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America`s security foremost in mind...
Amy McFarland
We`re trying to do everything we can to ensure that we are in compliance with the federal legislation to have offenders who are on the Ontario registry go onto the national registry.
Terry Nichols
We`re raising safety. We have a lot of workshops that deal with new legislation. The bar`s being raised a bit higher in terms of safety.
Michelle Brown
We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public to address it in such a back-door manner. We should be having a full, open discussion of the issue during an en...
Russ Feingold
We have increased conservation spending, enacted legislation that enables us to clean up and redevelop abandoned brownfields sites across the country, and implemented new clean water standards that will protect us from arsenic.
Andrej Meszaros
We have a representative democracy and the way senators vote on legislation or other matters is the most-fundamental act in representing people,
Anna Smashnova
We feel like the elected officials in the House and the Senate should be the ones looking at this legislation and making a decision. Just like we would not put to a vote for the public anything such as health codes, speed limits or things of that nature.
Heather Williams
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.
Amy DePuy
We certainly don`t want legislation that is detrimental to our school and the plans that have been brought forth do not plan to benefit most of the schools in our area.
Ashley Whiteside
We are a safer country today because Congress passed this critical legislation and acted to save American icons like Remington, Ruger, Winchester and Smith & Wesson from politically motivated lawsuits. Our men and women in uniform abroad and at home now w...
Chris Cox
We are a safer country today because Congress passed this critical legislation and acted to save American icons like Remington, Ruger, Winchester and Smith & Wesson from politically motivated lawsuits.
Chris Cox
Unprecedented levels of unfairly traded imports continue to flood our markets. We renew our request that the Administration fully enforce our nation`s trade laws and support recently introduced legislation intended to restore a level playing field in stee...
Peter Kelly
Ultimately it`s not serious in any way as proposed legislation, but it`s very serious with regard to what the committee`s real alternatives are, ... The chairman is actively working to make sure that it`s ANWR -- and (the Arctic refuge) alone.
Brian Kennedy