Prohibit Quotes
61 quotes by 55 authors
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On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone…
— Kate Adie
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The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from…
— William J. Brennan
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It is a travesty, in my mind, for the state and local governments on the one hand to expect the Federal government to reimburse them…
— Alan K. Simpson
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Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.
— Sun Tzu
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Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
— Seneca the Younger
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The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and…
— Tom Lehrer
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To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or…
— Claude Adrien Helvetius
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Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then…
— Martin Luther
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He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people…
— Thomas Jefferson
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We have federal regulations and state laws that prohibit hunting ducks with more than three rounds. And yet it's legal to hunt humans with 15-round,…
— Dianne Feinstein
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"One of the governor's complaints: federal rules that prohibit dispensary owners from putting their money in banks. "If you really want to introduce corruption into…
— John Hickenlooper
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[I]f we assume a liberty interest but nevertheless say that, even assuming a liberty interest, a state can prohibit it entirely, that would be rather…
— William Rehnquist
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If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because…
— William J. Brennan
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How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments of…
— James Madison
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In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was supposed…
— Dean Kamen
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How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments of…
— James Madison
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There is no reason for anyone in the country, for anyone except a police officer or a military person, to buy, to own, to have,…
— Michael Gartner
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I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage.
— Corrine Brown
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When Mrs. Bush was First Lady, she went all over the Mideast talking about breast cancer awareness and the need for early screening. She did…
— Greta Van Susteren
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It is long past time to eliminate bigotry in the workplace and to ensure equal opportunity for all Americans. It is time to make clear…
— Tom Harkin
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