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Legislation Quotes

"The United States is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced"

"The more that laws and regulations are given prominence, the more thieves and robbers there will be."

"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program"

"We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it"

"We have a Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities"

"I object on principle to doing by legislation what properly belongs to human good feeling and charity."

"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer"

"Inflation is taxation without legislation."

"You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think"

"Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny"

"It is not wisdom but authority that makes a law"

"In a republic this rule ought to be observed, that the majority should not have the predominant power."

"Harsh laws are at times better than no laws at all."

"I am personally against any kind of legislation that restricts individual freedoms."