Quotes about Legislation

Most people do not realize that there was a paid chaplain in Congress even before the Revolutionary War ended.

It usually takes 100 years to make a law, and then, after it's done its work, it usually takes 100 years to be rid of it.

The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them.

So many laws argue so many sins.

You cannot make men good by law.

In the House, I was named one of the most bipartisan members of Congress, and that's a title I plan on continuing to hold in the Senate.

Leadership isn't just legislation, that it's a matter of persuading people and giving them confidence, and bringing them together and setting a tone.

I believe that there are parts to human nature that cannot be reached by either legislation or education, but require the power of God to deal with.

Gradually, the unthinkable becomes tolerable, then acceptable, then legal, then praised.

I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. They don't determine the law. Congress makes the law. The job of a judge is to apply the law.

Congress increasingly represents the diversity of America.

Some leaders may be honest and good but unwise in legislation they choose to support. Others may possess wisdom but be dishonest and unvirtuous. We must be concerted in our desires and efforts to see men and women represent us who possess all three of these qualities.