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1 " No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. "
2 " The executive power in our government is not the only, perhaps not even the principal, object of my solicitude. The tyranny of the legislature is really the danger most to be feared, and will continue to be so for many years to come. The tyranny of the executive power will come in its turn, but at a more distant period. "
― Alexis de Tocqueville , Democracy in America
3 " Emma Willard told the legislature that the education of women " has been too exclusively directed to fit them for displaying to advantage the charms of youth and beauty" The problem, she said, was that " the taste of men, whatever it might happen to be, has made into a standard for the formation of the female character." Reason and religion teach us, she said, that " we too are primary existences...not the satellites of men. "
4 " A law is not good merely because the legislature wills it, but the legislature has the mortal duty to will only that which is good. "
― John Howard Griffin , Black Like Me
5 " No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session. "
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6 " I strongly believe that the Legislature should not be interfering in private medical decisions. "
7 " A judge's role is to ensure that the legislature remains within the limits of its assigned authority under the Constitution. Judges have no authority to second-guess the wisdom of the value judgments and policy choices the legislature has made. "
