Alan G. Lance Quotes


We did not send them [Senators] here to vote their conscience; we sent them here to vote the will of their constituents.


Context

Some Senators stated that in good conscience they could not vote to curtail freedom of speech or expression. See Edmund Burke {194922} for one of the great statements on the legislator’s obligation.


Citations

Alan G. Lance, National Commander, American Legion, Reference to the Senate when a Flag Burning Constitutional Amendment failed to muster the necessary 2/3 vote, March, 2000

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  • Born: April 27, 1949
  • Nationality: American
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Alan G. Lance Sr. is an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Lance previously served as the Idaho Attorney General and as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives.