Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Our elected representatives wisely enacted laws to protect our state and local governments from undue outside influence.
Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy.
I am the epitome of a citizen legislator.
An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings.
My fellow citizens, the state of our city is strong.
As citizens of the United States, we are stewards of this magnificent thing called democracy.
If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.
I love working the legislative process.
I believe Congress has a duty to do so as well; not simply as a body of legislators, but more importantly as a community of friends, neighbors, parents and Americans.
When you're elected to Congress, you take a vow to uphold the Constitution and its system of checks and balances. That vow doesn't say, 'Unless it's politically uncomfortable.'
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