#prohibit

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 infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting. ↗

— William J. Brennan, Jr.

#bill of rights #create #designed #did #framers

Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#crime

Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#calamity #comes #death #doubts #feared

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#become #costs #fine #idealism #prohibitive

Trying to tear down the past prohibits you from building up your future. ↗

— Lil Wayne

#down #future #past #prohibits #tear

This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law. ↗

— John Yoo

#convention #criminal #criminal law #federal #law

Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#grew #grown #having #i #knew

The first legislation that I produced relating to the Internet was a bill to overturn a restriction inside of the law that prohibited the Internet backbone from being used for anything other than research and scientific and educational communication. ↗

— Rick Boucher

#backbone #being #being used #bill #communication

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise. ↗

— Moliere

#compromise #generally #heaven #negotiate #pleasures