“I find it profoundly symbolic that I am appearing before a committee of fifteen men who will report to a legislative body of one hundred men because of a decision handed down by a court comprised of nine men--on an issue that affects millions of women.... I have the feeling that if men could get pregnant, we wouldn't be struggling for this legislation. If men could get pregnant, maternity benefits would be as sacrosanct as the G.I. Bill.” IfsMenFeelingsBodyWould BeWomenDecisionMillionsStruggleIssuesBenefitsHundredBillsCourtNineReportsPregnantFifteenCommitteesLegislationSymbolicAppearingMaternity Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin
“The laboring man and the trade-unionist, if I understand him, asks only equality before the law. Class legislation and unequal privilege, though expressly in his favor, will in the end work no benefit to him or to society.” IfsMenEndsLawAsksClassBenefitsTradePrivilegeFavorsLegislation Author:William Howard Taft
“You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.” IfsInspirationalLightGovernmentCausesLibertyBenefitsHarmLibertarianLegislationFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyLimited GovernmentLimiting GovernmentRights And FreedomsLimited Freedom Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“There's a diversion between economic reality - integration, global village, everybody depending on everybody else - and cultural reality, which is people feeling invaded, undermined, threatened, wanting to have "stand-your-ground" legislation all over the place. It's alarming because at the moment, the fear is outweighing the benefits, and that's partially because the benefits have been so unequally distributed that lots of people don't feel better off. They feel threatened, angry and despairing.” PeopleFeelsHas BeensMomentsFeelingsRealityEconomicBenefitsAngryVillageFeel BetterLegislationThreatenedIntegrationBetter OffDiversionGlobal VillageStand Your Ground Author:Duncan Green