#legislature

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#authors #best #churches #colleges #common

Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#been #colonial #cut #had #importation

Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi. ↗

— Tom Hayden

#block #california #hanoi #legislature #republicans

Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate. ↗

— Christie Hefner

#billy #both #business #career #decisions

Safety on our highways has improved significantly, with the help of the Legislature and the media. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#highways #improved #legislature #media #our

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#laughs #legislature #man #only #state

There is also something called the Legislature. There is something called the press. There is something called people. These are all different players on the stage. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#called #different #different players #legislature #people

Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don't alienate the legislature on Day 1. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#day #legislature #lesson

How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design? ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#design #how #intelligent #legislature #look

Moreover, as we live in an era of the ascendancy of democracy and human rights, we must see that Taiwan has been a vibrant democracy with a democratically elected president and legislature. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#been #democracy #democratically #elected #era