Enacting Quotes

So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate. They have, in all these matters, the same authority as the clergy.

Russia`s membership in the G-8 remains contingent upon its commitment to enacting democratic reforms and respecting democratic values.

Four years ago, while the nation`s eyes were fixed on the devastation in New York City, California`s Democrat-controlled Legislature attacked marriage by enacting a sweeping domestic partner bill one day after September 11,

What the people of Iraq have accomplished to date is historic and impressive, and we`re confident that they`ll put that same commitment and dedication to work in enacting the laws that will enforce this constitution.

The story the Leavers have been enacting for the past three million years isn't a story of conquest and rule. Enacting it doesn't give them power. Enacting it gives them lives that are satisfying and meaningful to them. This is what you'll find if you go among them. They're not seething with discontent and rebellion, not incessantly wrangling over what should be allowed and what forbidden, not forever accusing each other of not living the right way, not living in terror of each other not going crazy because their lives seem empty and pointless, not having to stupefy themselves with drugs to get through the days, not having a new religion every week to give them something to hold on to, not forever searching for something to do or something to believe in that will make lives worth living. And '“ I repeat '“ this is not because they live close to nature or have no formal government or because they're innately noble. This is simply because they're enacting a story that works well for people '“ a story that worked well for three million years and that still works well where the Takers haven't yet managed to stamp it out.