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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.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Good legislation should bring clarity and not confusion.

— Bill Haslam

Clearly there are always unintended consequences of any legislative or regulatory act that's taken in the heat of battle.

— Richard Grasso

It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that you have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

— Major Owens

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.

— Andrew Johnson

Nothing happens in any legislative body that's not purposeful.

— Dan Webster

Saying 'no' to very bad legislation is not wrong. In fact, when the American people tell you that they don't want the health care bill, you've got a responsibility to say no.

— Jon Kyl

What I have come to realize over the twenty years when I have worked in different roles as a legislator is that no legislation is as good as the enforcement of it.

— Margrethe Vestager

I'm not going to speculate about legislation that I haven't seen before.

— Cory Gardner

I'm always a little cautious, there's a few amendments that are out there that I think could do some damage, so I've been more concerned about over regulating, going too far.

— Don Nickles

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.

— Chuck Schumer