#gis

If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the legislatures of the States. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#always #avoided #confined #interests #laws

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#architects #artists #change #fact #implement

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law. ↗

— George W. Bush

#executive #interpret #job #law #legislature

This has not been a legislative process worthy of the Senate. Members of the Judiciary Committee, as I just said, were implored to save their amendments for the floor. Then, when we got here, we were told no amendments could be accepted. ↗

— Russ Feingold

#been #committee #could #floor #got

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 energy debate. ↗

— Russ Feingold

#arctic #budget #debate #discussion #drill

What is the harm of doing the right thing? What is the harm of doing our job as legislators and making sure we do not stick the entire bankruptcy community with these provisions that do not make any sense? ↗

— Russ Feingold

#bankruptcy #community #doing #doing the right thing #entire

In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#i #i think #legislation #moral #only

That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be a registered nurse so getting to talk to people who already work in those jobs can really teach me what to expect when I get out in the real world. ↗

— Angela Carter

#expect #forward #get #getting #i

The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy's deliberately blocking the legislation that I proposed in 1978 or '79. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#blocking #care #comprehensive #deliberately #fact

As attorney general, I can either look into it or I can ignore it because they're a bunch of powerful legislators... and I'm afraid they're going to cut my budget. ↗

— Ben Chandler

#attorney #attorney general #because #budget #bunch