Government might almost as wisely legislate about the weather we are to have next summer as about the state of trade, which much depends upon the weather, or upon wars and accidents of various kinds, which no one can foresee.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons
It is under these difficulties that the parliament is called upon to legislate.
"Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn on the Agriculture and General Wealth of the Country"
Thomas Malthus
It is not now proposed to legislate into existence a new Liturgy.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington