Legislator Quotes

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of the judge.

I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years.

The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals.

And no other legislator I know did.

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It`s so much more important than being a state legislator.

I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them.

When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention.

Why in the world would high courts want to give deference to a legislature to revoke constitutional rights they have deemed implicit in their interpretation of the constitution. This is disturbing rhetoric from a Montgomery County legislator who`s always been very supportive.