Legislation can neither be proverb

 Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.
  Andrew Johnson

 I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is ``needed'' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents "interests,'' I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.
  Barry Goldwater

 It is clear after today anyone still supporting legislation to dissolve the Second Injury Fund is not acting in the best interests of small businesses.

 This is nothing more than special-interest legislation for an irresponsible developer who was nailed by the 3rd Circuit Court for polluting the water and desecrating burials and avoiding our land-use law, and now the Legislature's going to bail him out at the expense of our agricultural land.

 The state can be inept, irrational and pursue strange interests, but those interests were always seen as in the national interest. What I could not foresee was that state interests could evolve into corporate and private interests to such an extent.

 He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
  Titus Maccius Plautus

 The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work and strong families are the foundation upon which we build our future.

 In the Washington soft money game, big business and big labor are accomplices working together to protect the mushy middle of big government, with plenty of special interest plums: Big unions get big spending and big business gets corporate welfare and special tax breaks -- all at the expense of average Americans,
  John McCain

 In the times that they are today, we all have varied interests and things to do. She was the one that kept us together.

 There aren't very many people in contemporary culture who absolutely dedicate their entire being to one single cause. And Tom, who led a varied career, all kinds of different activities, condensed his heart and soul into a single work. And that's what he would like to be remembered for: that he was a man of peace in a place of conflict.

 The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.

 If we thoroughly consider the varied effects of indifference we find we miscarry more in our duties than in our interests.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

 An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of a part of its members.

 What we should have learned from the diplomacy leading up to this is that we shouldn't expect [other nations'] interests to trump. It was in their interest to side with us on Iraq, but somehow they found other interests to pursue. It's in their interest to help rebuild Iraq, but they're not going to do it under all conditions. It's going to take some fancy footwork in diplomacy.

 Representative Ney should be promoting legislation to clean up Congress and his own House, not legislation that brings more special-interest money into politics,


Number of proverbs are 1469558
varav 1407627 på engelska

Proverb (1469558 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)



in

Denna sidan visar ordspråk som liknar "Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.".


This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


Barnslighet är både skattebefriat och gratis!

Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!



På banken tar de dina pengar. Och din tid. Här tar vi bara din tid.

www.livet.se/proverb




This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


Barnslighet är både skattebefriat och gratis!

Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!




På banken tar de dina pengar. Och din tid. Här tar vi bara din tid.

www.livet.se/proverb