Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” ~ Gideon J. Tucker (1826-1899) American lawyer, newspaper editor, politicianSource: In 1866, as Surrogate of New York, he wrote in a decision of a will case: “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” Gideon J. Tucker, Final Accounting in the Estate of A.B., 1 Tucker 248 (N.Y. Surr. 1866).