“I believe that God has endowed men with certain inalienable rights as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and that no legislature and no majority, however great, may morally limit or destroy these; that the sole function of government is to protect life, liberty, and property, and anything more than this is usurpation and oppression.” MenBelieveMayGovernmentCertainI BelieveLibertyRightsProtectLimitsFunctionIndependenceMajorityPropertyOppressionSoleDeclarationLegislatureDeclaration Of IndependenceInalienable RightsUsurpation Book:The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson Source: The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson
“There still is a war on women in terms of politicians in Washington and the state legislatures trying to eliminate any rights we have fought to win and that the Supreme Court has afforded us.” TryingStillsWarStatesWinningTermRightsPoliticianCourtSupremeSupreme CourtLegislatureState Legislatures Author:Gloria Allred
“After the First World War, Germany was trying to build a democracy. Then when the Reichstag, the legislature, was burned down in 1933, this was seen as such an emergency that human rights had to be suspended. The attack on the World Trade Towers has allowed Bush and his gang to do anything. What are we to do now? I say when there's a code red, we should all run around like chickens with our heads cut off. I don't feel that we are in any great danger.” WorldFeelsShouldTryingFirstsHumansWarRunningDemocracyCuttingRightsDangerRedTradeHuman RightsCodeWar Of The WorldsGermanyChickensBurnedTowersEmergenciesGangLegislatureSuspendedWorld TradeFirst World War Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“We need a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations.” NeedsRightsSpeechCorporationsAmendmentsFree SpeechLegislatureConstitutional Amendments Author:Hank Johnson
“It's going to be very important that we as women's rights advocates are involved in redistricting of both the states legislatures and of the House of Representatives and that we not lose seats but we gain seats for talented women and our country, but we're lacking behind.” ImportantCountryStatesHouseLosesBehindsRightsInvolvedGainsOur CountrySeatsRepresentativesWomens RightsLackingLegislatureHouse Of RepresentativesState LegislaturesRedistricting Author:Eleanor Smeal