“ShanTu said that we must set the soul free from the body and its lusts. Having thus got rid of the foolishness… — Susan Cartwright Copy Share Image
So many things which once had distressed or revolted him — the speeches and pronouncements of the learned, their assertions and their… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
From the explicit prohibition against the destruction of fruit trees, our sages deduced that it is all the more forbidden to destroy… — Yehuda Levi Copy Share Image
Serving the reader by working cooperatively with the writer? Sometimes throwing 'the rules' out the window? Clearing the decks of pet peeves,… — Craig Lancaster Copy Share Image
Popularizing - much less venturing beyond one's secure turf - was frowned upon for many years. I think I probably internalized the… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
It is not classified as a pagan religion. The so-called New Age activities and this are not called religions and therefore don't… — Dixie Lee Ray Copy Share Image
This new declaration which emphasizes the necessity of global disarmament is based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations, in… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
Our current draconian laws prohibiting the use of marijuana by responsible adults are doubly flawed. Not only does such prohibition violate fundamental… — Nadine Strossen Copy Share Image
The period of Prohibition - called the noble experiment - brought on the greatest breakdown of law and order the United States… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far- reaching in purpose. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I was getting sick and tired of being lectured by dear friends with their little bottles of water and their regular visits… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
The new puritans have been highly successful. All of the preconditions for new prohibitions on alcohol and tobacco are in place. ...… — Mark Thornton Copy Share Image
A man with a camera was always suspected of being a spy. Moreover, the Jews did not want to be photographed, due… — Roman Vishniac Copy Share Image
All the political seers and sorcerers seem to be agreed that the coming Presidential campaign will be full of bitterness, and that… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The 2013 deal, whereby the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons verified the destruction of 95% of Syria's declared chemical weapons,… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
The Spirit has determined that he will operate through certain means and at certain times and if we sinfully put obstacles or… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
I'm not guilty. You're the one that's guilty. The lawmakers, the politicians, the Colombian drug lords, all you who lobby against making… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
“Our way would seem quite familiar to the Romans, more by far than the Greek way. Socrates in the Symposium, when Alcibiades… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
I belong to the Congress. My party has always supported prohibition, though it may not have been successful in implementing prohibition in… — P. Chidambaram Copy Share Image
It is easy for a rabbi to establish prohibitions, but a rabbi's real strength is to teach Torah and rule on lawwith… — Ovadia Yosef Copy Share Image
I don't feel any great need to subscribe to a certain notion of Buddhism that says "You have to do this" or… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
When Prohibition was first enacted in 1920, most people stockpiled alcohol, thinking they'd have enough to last them for years. By 1923,… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
And may I not be allowed to ... read in the character of the American people, in their devotion to true liberty… — James Madison Copy Share Image
During Prohibition, Atlantic City created the idea of the speakeasy, which turned into nightclubs and that extraordinary political complexity and corruption coming… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
