Legislative Committee

Famous quotes containing the words legislative and/or committee:

“Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap—let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges;Mlet it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs;Mlet it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.”
—George F. Will (b. 1941)