#legislature

The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate. ↗

— Max Baucus

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I see a trend here where the President seems to think his job is to count votes and then try to make a deal That's what we in legislatures do. Mr. Obama's job is to travel the country, fight for the values that he cares about. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#cares #count #country #deal #fight

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

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

— Jane D. Hull

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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

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

— Andrew Cuomo

#day #legislature #lesson

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

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To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees. ↗

— Earl Warren

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The school-room sends men to the Legislature, to the bench, and the executive office. The bar-room sends them to the scaffold and hell. ↗

— Thomas Jordan Jarvis

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