Banning Quotes
41 Banning quotes by 40 unique authors
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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
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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
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Banning guns is an idea whose time has come.
— Joe Biden
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No, we're not looking at how to control criminals... we're talking about banning the AK-47 and semi-automatic guns.
— Howard Metzenbaum
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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
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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
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I'll be bossy and damn proud! Banning words, please. Try banning the system that produces polices that promote inequity.
— Rosa Clemente
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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
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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
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[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
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In Scotland football hooliganism has been met by banning alcohol from grounds but in England this solution has been circumnavigated
— Unknown Author
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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
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Banning guns because of their misuse is like banning the First Amendment because one might libel or slander.
— Ron Paul
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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
— Isaac Asimov
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Embarrassingly for Obama, it appeared that his administration had jumped the gun on banning the bullets.
— John R. Lott Jr.
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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
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It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.
— Richard Dawkins
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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
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We're not looking at banning all weapons.
— Gary Ackerman
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Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature.
— Adrian Cronauer
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It is stupid on my part to think of banning the media.
— Shahrukh Khan
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Banning human cloning reflects our humanity. It is the right thing to do. Creating a child through this new method calls into question our most…
— William J. Clinton
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Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe.
— Dianne Feinstein
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I have been instrumental in banning bottled water on the set. It hasn't gone that well with the crew... so I replaced it with tequila.
— Hugh Laurie
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They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more people in a week, which, I guess, means that…
— Bill Maher
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