This collection holds 522 legislation quotes, drawn from writers, leaders, artists and thinkers across the QuoteForever archive. The most quoted voices here are Harry Reid, Belva Ann Lockwood and Kinky Friedman.

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Legislation is the art of compromise.

We can't abolish prejudice through laws.

I'll sign anything except bad legislation.

Inflation is taxation without legislation.

Live to fight another day on better legislation.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.

Good legislation should bring clarity and not confusion.

Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.

Obamacare is a big deal to me. It's terrible legislation.

All the legislation in the world will not abolish kissing.

I do not support legislation that would ban birth control.

The bulk of government is not legislation but administration.

It was the Democrats who were against civil rights legislation

People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.

Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another.

I am for our not having any discrimination in tax legislation.

I will always support legislation which respects and values life.

We can't lose precious time debating legislation that won't work.

I will never support amnesty legislation because it will not work.

All legislation is founded upon the principle of mutual concession.

What we need is legislation, not negotiation, for the entire globe.

I am quite uncomfortable using legislation to peg the minimum wage.

It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress.

The last thing members of the committee want to do is pass legislation.

We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.

Voter ID laws are the most potent form of voter suppression legislation.

I am for the Second Amendment, but I am for common-sense gun legislation.

I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.

Legislation has a certain jurisdiction. It can't change mindsets and hearts.

Obama rammed through Obamacare legislation without a single Republican vote.

Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation.

At bottom are only two pure forms of legislation - productive and redistributive.

Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.

Sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought to sloppy legislation.

Legislation for the Caribbean basin has led to more jobs in the Dominican Republic.

I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation.

Sexual harassment legislation in its present form makes all men unequal to all women.

I have voted on the merits of legislation, voting both 'with' and 'against' my party.

In many countries adult pornography legislation is an attempt to legislate something else.

As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid.

It is a rare piece of legislation indeed where there is so much agreement about the goals.

Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity.

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

The gun legislation was doomed the minute it became associated with the words common sense.

Being whip is working with members, educating them, and trying to move legislation forward.

I've introduced legislation to say, "For right now, let's stop it," from about 34 countries.

Tax reform exists, sort of, as an outline - miles away from being actual passed legislation.

If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.

Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.

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