37 Legislate Quotes for You to Enjoy

When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player. Milton Friedman

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Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun

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Social equity is based on justice; politics change on the opinion of the time. The black man's skin will be a mark of social inferiority so long as white men are conceited, ignorant, unjust, and prejudiced. You cannot legislate these qualities out of the white - you must steal them out by teaching, illustration, and example. John Boyle O'Reilly

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I mean, what is racism? Racism is a projection of our own fears onto another person. What is sexism? It's our own vulnerability about our potency and masculinity projected as our need to subjugate another person, you know? Fascism, the same thing: People are trying to untidy our state, so I legislate as a way of controlling my environment. Gary Ross

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It's hard because you can't legislate creative diversity. I think it's more that the gaming community's more diverse, and they're going to ask for more diverse experiences. They're going to demand them. Aisha Tyler

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True enough, Trump is a formidable foe, and systemic inequalities and disparities are worsening under this administration. But they existed long before that. And I want to lead, organize, and legislate to disrupt these disparate outcomes. Ayanna Pressley

Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing. Barney Frank

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I'm into it, I'm into MP3's; I think there's no way you're ever going to be able to legislate people having to buy a record in order to listen to it. You have to look at it as a means of promotion, and if the music is good enough, promotion is a good thing. Britt Daniel

If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions. Caleb Cushing

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I can't legislate a song into being; it just will not happen for me. David Crosby

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Congress has the power to legislate with regard to activity that, in the aggregate, has a substantial effect on interstate commerce. David Souter

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I believe an authentic Judaism would legislate total equality for queer people. Ezra Furman

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I think culture precedes politics, and I think the attempts to try and legislate people's behavior... isn't going to be productive until the culture decides what they want to achieve. Foster Friess

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The Obama administration is on notice - they will not be allowed to regulate what they have been unable to legislate. Fred Upton

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You can't legislate good taste. George Clooney

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Maybe the Jefferson case will give members of Congress second thoughts the next time they get ready to legislate away the rights of ordinary Americans. Helen Thomas

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We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Yes, the American people want us to legislate, they want us to insist on furthering their set of values, but they also want us to resist and exercise our oversight powers. Ilhan Omar

If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more. Jacques Delors

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If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin. Katherine Harris

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If you can't legislate, you can't deal with problems. Lloyd Blankfein

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Gay people are born everyday. You will never legislate that away. Melissa Etheridge

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With true free speech has to come an understanding of when and when not to use it. But you can't legislate that. It must be voluntary - especially in a world where a whisper can reach a million people in an eye blink. Nick Harkaway

One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried. Norman Ralph Augustine

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