Quotes with legislature

  • The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there were no limits (save for the effect of trail by jury) to what the legislature might do.

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  • Edmund Burke In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Bob Ehrlich It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them.
    Bob Ehrlich
    American lawyer and politician (1957 - )
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  • Samuel Butler Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Kin Hubbard Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • Bernard Bailyn The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there were no limits (save for the effect of trail by jury) to what the legislature might do.
    The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. V, TRANSFORMATION, p. 182
    Bernard Bailyn
    American historian, author, and academic (1922 - 2020)
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  • George Jean Nathan To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.
    George Jean Nathan
    American criticus (1882 - 1958)
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