Effective Laws Quotes

I am certain that there are extremists on both sides of the gun control debate in Hawaii, as in the rest of the nation. However, it has been our willingness and ability to develop mutually respectful and effective gun control laws that have kept our community safe.

Laws should not be subtle. They are designed for people of average understanding.

Very good laws may be ill timed.

For legislators make the citizens good by forming habits in them, and this is the wish of every legislator, and those who do not effect it miss their mark, and it is in this that a good constitution differs from a bad one.

A good Congress is measured by laws that mean something to people—p-e-e-p-u-l, p-e-e-p-l-e, p-e-e-p-u-l—you know what I'm talkin' about, just plain folks.

There are no good laws except simple laws.

Laws are never as effective as habits.

If you're going to make a law, make a law that actually works. It's extraordinarily difficult.