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Letter "L" » legislation
«I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.»
«One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation»
Author: Thomas Brackett Reed
(Politician)
| About:
Delusion,
Hope
| Keywords:
cured, Delusions, legislation
«Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.»
«Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination.»
Author: Immanuel Kant
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
accords, An Age, examination, exempted, exemption, grounds, lay claim, legislation, regarded, sacredness, subjected, The Authority, tribunal
«Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.»
«Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.»
Author: Roland Barthes
(Critic)
| About:
Language
| Keywords:
classification, classifications, code, legislation
«Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution»
Author: William Butler Yeats
(Dramatist, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Religion,
Trying
| Keywords:
attempt, For every, grounds, intolerance, legislation, persecution, persecutions, religious intolerance, religious persecution
«In our shock and grief one thing must remain clear, hate and prejudice are not American values. The public outrage in Laramie and all across America today echoes what we heard at the White House Conference on Hate Crimes last year -- there is something we can do about this, Congress needs to pass our tough Hate Crimes Legislation. It can do so even before it adjourns and it should do so.»
Author: Bill Clinton
(President)
| Keywords:
American values, America Today, clearing house, conference, echoes, Laramie, last year, legislation, pass across, shock, The White House, White House
«Legislation to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work without discrimination because of sex is a matter of simple justice»
Author: Dwight David Eisenhower
(President)
| About:
Discrimination
| Keywords:
discrimination, equal pay, legislation
«My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing will begin in five minutes. - During radio microphone test»
Author: Ronald Reagan
(President)
| Keywords:
Americans, bombed, bombing, fellow, five, legislation, microphone, minutes, On the Radio, outlawed, outlawing, outlaws, pleased, radio, Russia, signed, test, The Outlaw
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