"It hardly matters why a library is destroyed:……" — Alberto Manguel

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• Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
• Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a… — Brigitte Bardot
• My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house. — Tori Amos
• [Smoking is] a dirty habit that should be banned from America by the Government, instead of moderate alcoholic drinking. — Auguste Piccard
• I, like almost all chemists I know, was also attracted by the smells and bangs that endowed chemistry with that… — Unknown Author
• Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the… — Jung Chang
• Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor… — Alfred Whitney Griswold
• I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at… — Ernie Els
• Killing for pleasure is wrong and should be banned. Fox hunting, stag hunting and hare coursing are moral issues. It… — Lyndon Harrison, Baron Harrison
• The noble Lord, Lord Harrison, said, 'Fox hunting is cruel and I therefore want it banned.' He went on to… — Unknown Author
• If I could have banned them all...I would have! — Dianne Feinstein
• What good does it do to ban some guns. All guns should be banned. — Howard Metzenbaum

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