Banning Quotes
- Our nearly century-long experiment in banning marijuana has failed as abysmally as Prohibition did... In contrast, legalizing and taxing marijuana would bring in substantial sums… — Nicholas D. Kristof
- We also heard the usual old nonsense that banning hunting would affect employment if we abolished crime we would put all the police out of… — Ann Widdecombe
- Banning guns is an idea whose time has come. — Joe Biden
- No, we're not looking at how to control criminals... we're talking about banning the AK-47 and semi-automatic guns. — Howard Metzenbaum
- I shortly will introduce legislation banning the sale, manufacture or possession of handguns (with exceptions for law enforcement and licensed target clubs)... . It is… — John Chafee
- Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need… — Stephen Chbosky
- I'll be bossy and damn proud! Banning words, please. Try banning the system that produces polices that promote inequity. — Rosa Clemente
- A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages. — Coretta Scott King
- There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of or putting any significant restrictions on the kinds of guns they… — James Q. Wilson
- [Banning marriage equality is] discrimination, plain and simple. It's really not about votes. It's about people. I think it's the right thing to do as… — Jay-Z
- In Scotland football hooliganism has been met by banning alcohol from grounds but in England this solution has been circumnavigated — Wallace Mercer
- I hate extremes of any kind. Communism [seeks] the domination of the state over the individual... All my life I have stood against banning Communism… — Margaret Thatcher
- Banning guns because of their misuse is like banning the First Amendment because one might libel or slander. — Ron Paul
- Any book worth banning is a book worth reading. — Isaac Asimov
- Embarrassingly for Obama, it appeared that his administration had jumped the gun on banning the bullets. — John R. Lott Jr.
- Why can't a democrat get fired up about protecting the environment and enacting gun control legislation just as right wing republicans get fired up about… — Moby
- It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have. — Richard Dawkins
- A majority of Americans oppose partial-birth abortion, and Judge Hamilton's decision flies in the face of Congress passing and President Bush signing legislation banning such… — Marc Racicot
- We're not looking at banning all weapons. — Gary Ackerman
- Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature. — Adrian Cronauer