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Enact Quotes

On putting plans, laws, and roles into action.

These enact quotes trace the word from lawmaking, where officials weigh how to address outdated policy, to acting itself, where a performer takes on a difficult role. For related themes, see our Good quotes.

Once the Congress party comes to power under Rahul Gandhi ji's leadership, we will enact a strong law to prevent horse-trading and defections.

Quotes by Vijayashanti

I worked with the March of Dimes to enact legislation for a national birth defects prevention program to provide surveillance, research and preventive services aimed at reducing the rate of birth defects.

Quotes by Solomon Ortiz

We need to work together, on a bipartisan basis, to create new jobs, increase job training, enact real and substantive middle class tax relief, and reward companies that create jobs at home.

Quotes by Ruben Hinojosa

President Obama has not only failed to uphold several of our nation's laws, he has vowed to continue to do so in order to enact his unpopular agenda.

Quotes by Ron DeSantis

America Quotes

The truth is that I've always wanted to be an actor, ever since I was a child. I used to see these English movies which were shown to us in our school every Saturday, and then I used to enact...

Quotes by Randeep Hooda

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in...

Quotes by Rahm Emanuel

A bold reform agenda is our moral obligation. If we make the case effectively and win this November, then we will have the moral authority to enact the kind of fundamental reforms America has not seen since Ronald Reagan's first...

Quotes by Paul Ryan

We do not need $1 allowed for the president to enact amnesty.

Quotes by Paul Gosar

Until a legislative solution to the nation's outdated immigration system becomes a priority for Congress, the right administration will need to examine a broad range of executive actions to enact immediately in the face of a 'Do Nothing Congress.'

Quotes by Nicholas Gonzalez

Bad Quotes

I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk any of the disagreeable results that should follow.

Quotes by Nellie Bly

We are hopeful that President Obama, in his State of the Union Address, will express a willingness to work with Republicans to enact all of these jobs bills.

Quotes by Nan Hayworth

When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute...

Quotes by Montesquieu

We must be particularly careful when we enact policies in response to a specific crime, a specific type of crime, or crime wave simply by increasing punishments.

Quotes by Michelle Lujan Grisham

Congress must also enact pro-growth policies that encourage the economy to expand: like making tax relief permanent and repealing the death tax.

Quotes by Michael Steele

Death Quotes

'Job Killer.' Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly work policies.

Quotes by Madeleine M. Kunin

For over 200 years after the adoption of the Second Amendment, it was uniformly understood as not placing any limit on either federal or state authority to enact gun control legislation.

Quotes by John Paul Stevens

The key players are now all in place in Washington and in state governments across America to officially label carbon dioxide as a pollutant and enact laws that tax us citizens for our carbon footprints.

Quotes by John Coleman

Institutionalized discrimination is bad for people and for societies. Widespread discrimination is also bad for economies. There is clear evidence that when societies enact laws that prevent productive people from fully participating in the workforce, economies suffer.

Quotes by Jim Yong Kim

One of the litmus tests for judicial conservatism is the idea of judicial restraint - that courts should give substantial deference to the decisions of the political process. When Congress and the president enact a law, conservatives generally say, judges...

Quotes by Jeff Greenfield

Good Quotes

There is a very thin line when a man plays woman. If you're not careful, you may end up looking like a eunuch. If you don't enact your role properly, you can look very bad.

Quotes by Javed Jaffrey

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'enact' generally refer to in this topic?
Passing formal legislation, taking executive action on policy priorities, and performing or playing out a role or part.
Do these quotes discuss lawmaking?
Yes, more than one quote references the process of enacting new legislation to address a specific policy problem.
Is immigration policy mentioned here?
Yes, one quote references the need for lawmakers to modernize an outdated immigration system, discussing executive options if that path stalls.
Does this topic touch on bipartisan cooperation?
Yes, one quote expresses hope that officials would work across the aisle to enact a set of jobs-related bills.
Is 'enact' used outside of politics here?
Yes, one quote uses it to describe performing a dramatic role, showing the word's meaning stretches to acting and performance as well.

Another line expresses hope that leaders from different sides can come together to enact shared economic priorities. Browse our America and Bad quotes for more.