Compulsory Quotes

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I can't find the compulsory mutilation of the genitals of children a subject for humor... It's designed to repress sexual pleasure... The full excision, not… — Christopher Hitchens
To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary and spontaneous instead of a compulsory routine is to make an unflattering estimate… — Robert H. Jackson
Compulsory sports for those who by temperament or physique do not qualify may be a disaster. . . . The repercussions may be extreme .… — John Money
Corruption never has been compulsory. — Anthony Eden
In response to a question concerning China's policy of compulsory abortion after the first child, Molly Yard responded, "I consider the Chinese government's policy among… — Gary Bauer
A government is a compulsory territorial monopolist of ultimate decision-making (jurisdiction) and, implied in this, a compulsory territorial monopolist of taxation. That is, a government… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Voluntary paid maternity leave: yes; compulsory paid maternity leave: over this Governmentâ€™s dead body, frankly. It just wonâ€™t happen. — Tony Abbott
I have very real concerns about the civil liberties implications of ultimately requiring every resident to submit themselves for compulsory fingerprinting or some other biometric… — Patricia Hewitt
When caring for your neighbor becomes a compulsory obligation imposed by government instead of voluntary, charity turns to confiscation and freedom to achieve to involuntary… — Star Parker
How have people come to be taken in by The Phenomenon of Man? We must not underestimate the size of the market for works of… — Peter Medawar
The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a… — Benjamin Tucker
I think one of the problems [with raising intelligent children] is compulsory schooling...and that children are sitting there and they are taught and told what… — Marilyn vos Savant
Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory. — Mariella Frostrup
The principle of compulsory service, embodied in the system of conscription, lias been the means by which modem dictators and military gangs have shackled their… — B. H. Liddell Hart
A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection. — Alexander Cockburn
A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state. — Isabel Paterson
You can legislate many conditions-but you cannot legislate harmony into the hearts of men. To attain industrial peace, we need more than by-laws and compulsory… — Clarence Francis
It is not safe in the republican form of government that clannishness should exist either by compulsory or voluntary reason. It is not good for… — Timothy Thomas Fortune
Since the State necessarily lives by the compulsory confiscation of private capital, and since its expansion necessarily involves ever-greater incursions on private individuals and private… — Murray Rothbard
People aren't as stupid as the politicians think. More and more of us are laughing off our 'civic duty' to vote, rejecting the role of… — Bob Black

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