Quotes by Legislature I ... ran for Legislature [in 1832] ... and was beaten-the only time I have been beaten by the people. Abraham Lincoln beaten legislature people Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves. Albert Bushnell Hart legislature slave cutting Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don't alienate the legislature on Day 1. Andrew Cuomo legislature lessons Gabby Giffords was a mentor of mine in the state Legislature and also in Congress. Ann Kirkpatrick mentor legislature states You must remember that democracy is made up not only of the executive, but the legislature and the judiciary. Aung San Suu Kyi legislature democracy remember Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments. Charles Dudley Warner legislature public-opinion strong Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations. Diane Ravitch legislature states teacher We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God. Ed Koch legislature moments hands But, you know, all I can do is submit my budget and then make the case to the Legislature to act. George Pataki submit legislature cases I'd like to see a revival of state legislatures, in which I am a true Jeffersonian. Gore Vidal revival legislature states The greatest single virtue of a strong legislature is not what it can do, but what it can prevent. J. William Fulbright legislature virtue strong No state legislature ever built a great university. James E. Rogers, Jr. university legislature states [I]t is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than to declare it void after it has passed. James Madison void legislature law Parliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of parliament that makes it so. James Otis parliament legislature congress I own myself the friend to a very free system of commerce, and hold it as a truth, that commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive and impolitic - it is also a truth, that if industry and labour are left to take their own course, they will generally be directed to those objects which are the most productive, and this in a more certain and direct manner than the wisdom of the most enlightened legislature could point out. James Madison enlightened legislature unjust The Federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular, to the state legislatures. James Madison legislature combination constitution One hundred and seventy-three despots would surely be as oppressive as one. James Madison legislature hundred three A local spirit will infallibly prevail much more in the members of Congress than a national spirit will prevail in the legislatures of the particular States. James Madison legislature states spirit No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. Jesse Jackson legislature surrender dream A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn. John Bercow scorn legislature suffering 12»