#legislator

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#become #choose #construction #flatterers #guides

I remember coming to this college in the 1960s as a new legislator when a road divided the campus - and it was not fully paved at that - and no wall defined the campus from the highway. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#college #coming #defined #divided #fully

If you force legislators to balance, at the end of the day, if it has to be balanced, then they step up and they become legislators and can find out where to cut. ↗

— Rand Paul

#balanced #become #cut #day #end

We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#important #laws #legislators #live #more

I have a proven record as an effective legislator, which I believe is my greatest asset. ↗

— Sandy Adams

#believe #effective #greatest #greatest asset #i

I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?' ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

#back #counting #did #get #getting

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator. ↗

— Dick Murphy

#being #biggest #controlling #impact #important

I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don't believe male legislators should even vote on the issue. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#believe #consider #deeply #even #i

I have done things politically, and I've been running a business at the same time, but I sort of joke that to some extent I do more than most legislators have done in their whole careers, and I've been doing it as a part-time job. ↗

— Craig Benson

#business #careers #doing #done #extent

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