For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
[Confiscating a book and punishing its author] is a sign that one does not have a good case, or at least doesn't… — Laszlo Radvanyi Copy Share Image
We are not masochists - the cross is not an end in itself; it is for glory. We Christians are not looking… — Fabrice Hadjadj 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
One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Nobody tells the history of marijuana and its prohibition like Russ Belville does. He has a special talent for presenting scholarship in… — Ethan Nadelmann Copy Share Image
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are looked upon as people who speak only of prohibitions. Nothing could be further from the truth! Authentic Christian discipleship… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Why be narrow-minded, why cut ourselves off from any of these rich heritages when… we have the freedom to make the most… — Michael Chekhov Copy Share Image
Taboo restrictions are distinct from religious or moral prohibitions. They are not based upon any divine ordinance, but may be said to… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
There's an idea that the human body is somehow evil and bad and there are parts of it that are especially evil… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Americans—those who liked or needed alcohol—had the same desire to drink and were still able, and the country´s criminals grew prosperous due… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
The 'environmental left' tells us that, though we have natural resources like natural gas and oil and coal, and though we can… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
The Compromise of 1850 provided that the prohibition of slavery should be left up to the individual States, thus thwarting the Canaanites… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
Up until Prohibition, an apple grown in America was far less likely to be eaten than to wind up in a barrel… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
State interference in economic life, which calls itself economic policy, has done nothing but destroy economic life. Prohibitions and regulations have by… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The gun-control crusade today is like the Prohibition crusade 100 years ago. It is a shared zealotry that binds the self-righteous know-it-alls… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“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
I started with the book 'Boardwalk Empire' and then immersed myself in the history of Atlantic City, World War I, the temperance… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization of our… — Dhammananda Bhikkhuni Copy Share Image
I think we've produced a stronger prohibition on real racism, while maintaining freedom of speech in ordinary public discussion. So I'm very… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
I understand why there would be prohibitions on straying from monogamy because of the harm that it does not only to the… — Andrew Solomon 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
I think that, that it would be hard for New Hampshire to vote for somebody who was a fundamentalist minister, affable as… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter… — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
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