#banning

It hardly matters why a library is destroyed: every banning, curtailment, shredding, plunder or loot gives rise (at least as a ghostly presence) to a louder, clearer, more durable library of the banned, looted, plundered, shredded or curtailed. ↗

— Alberto Manguel

#banning #book-burning #books #censorship #library

It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#banning #course #i #intolerant #never

I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. ↗

— Mary Cheney

#banning #bush #constitutional #constitutional amendment #endorse

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 want. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#american public #any #banning #guns #kinds

No, we're not looking at how to control criminals... we're talking about banning the AK-47 and semi-automatic guns. ↗

— Howard Metzenbaum

#banning #control #criminals #guns #how

We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#europe #europeans #having #mind #sanctions

It is stupid on my part to think of banning the media. ↗

— Shahrukh Khan

#media #part #stupid #think

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

#been #bottled #crew #gone #hasn

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 Madonna can't even smoke in bed. ↗

— Bill Maher

#any #banning #bed #cigarette #cigarette smoking

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 horrible acts of violence. ↗

— Marc Racicot

#acts #banning #bush #congress #decision