#legislator

Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#attempt #bear #cannot #every #god

Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of reciprocity, they would think is most reasonable to enact. ↗

— John Rawls

#citizens #criterion #enact #ideally #legislators

If he who has control of men ought not to control the laws, then he who controls the laws ought not control men: otherwise his laws would minister to his passions.. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#control-of-men #god #legislator #men

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition. ↗

— Aristotle

#better #business #clearly #common #create

People underestimate the impact they can have on the process through contact with legislators. By being part of an organized group in an area that you have an interest in, you can multiply the impact of your own ideas. ↗

— Ralph Regula

#being #contact #group #ideas #impact

Violence against women is as American as apple pie. I know, not only as a legislator, but from personal experience. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#american #apple #apple pie #experience #i

It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#corporate #fascinating #grips #growing #hear

It's not about the money. This is about Terri. It's not about the Schindlers, it's not about the legislators, it's not about me, it's about what Terri Schiavo wanted. ↗

— Michael Schiavo

#legislators #me #money #schiavo #terri

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 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