It is a rare piece of legislation indeed where there is so much agreement about the goals.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it.
Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends.
I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.
It is, and long has been my opinion, and I have heard honourable members in this House declare it to be theirs - that it is the duty of Parliament equally to protect all the different interests in the country.
I mean that the time where we need International agreement more than ever on the environment and the rest, poverty we are breaking up our International Institutions and the rule of law and Tony Blair is part of it.
A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
It is possible for political forces to agree.
Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.
Good legislation should bring clarity and not confusion.
As I've learned in my time in the state legislature, important legislation is always a work in progress.
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