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Ban partial-birth abortion except to save mother's life. -- Jerry Weller
Banning someone for wanting to ban others is an inappropriate response. -- Corri Wilson
Ban short-selling, high speed trading and all other instruments of pure speculation -- Miguel Reynolds Brandao
Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books. -- Taslima Nasrin
Ban walking sticks in wilderness. Hikers that use walking sticks are more likely to chase animals. -- Dave Barry
What if I got hit by lightning while walking with an umbrella? Ban umbrellas! Fight the menace of lightning! -- Cory Doctorow
Ban poetry. And make sure that anyone caught reading it is expelled from school. Then it will acquire the glamour. -- Clive James
Ban privileges. The rules of the game should be the same to all players, regardless of their size, location, or any other criteria -- Miguel Reynolds Brandao
I like playing a bit of golf. But, if people went around beating people to death with golf clubs, I'd say, 'Ban golf. I'll take up tennis' -- Stephen Merchant
I shortly will introduce legislation banning the sale, manufacture or possession of handguns (with exceptions for law enforcement and licensed target clubs)... . It is time to act. We cannot go on like this. Ban them! -- John Chafee
Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN. -- Ben Stein
People keep coming up to me and asking, 'How does it feel to be banned for life?' Banned for life. I wasn't banned for life. There was never a word of suspension, probation or ban in that agreement. It was never meant to be part of it. -- George Steinbrenner
The entire animal rights movement in the United States reacted with unfettered glee at the Ban in England ...We view this act of parliament as one of the most important actions in the history of the animal rights movement. This will energise our efforts to stop hunting with hounds. -- Wayne Pacelle
I fully support U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his Global Education First Initiative and the work of U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown and the respectful president of the U.N. General Assembly Vuk Jeremic. I thank them for the leadership they continue to give. -- Malala Yousafzai
I call for greater measures to involve more women at higher levels in mine action. Governments should do more to address gender in their mine action programmes and through their implementation of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention. -- Ban Ki-moon
I have been asked what would I ban immediately if I could. Advertising. -- Vivienne Westwood
The ban on sports betting does exactly what Prohibition did. It makes criminals rich. -- James Surowiecki
The federal and state governments should ban the use of taxpayer funds to support cloning and embryonic stem cell research. -- Sandy Adams
I don't need arms, and neither does anyone else... At the very least, a ban would prevent fights from turning deadly. -- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record. -- Billy Joel
As a liberal, I would hesitate to propose a blanket ban on any style of dress because of the implications for individual liberty and freedom of choice. -- Richard Dawkins
I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia. -- Connie Willis
I support workplace clean air. But a federal ban on smoking would mean that you couldn't smoke in your own home. I don't care what people do in their home. -- Mike Huckabee
We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where their effects can be negative. -- Herb Kohl
My stance has always been that there's no place in our sport for drug users. I've always said it's a ban for life if you come up positive. I stand by that. -- Maurice Greene
If we are really serious about preventing another crisis like the 2008 meltdown, we should simply ban complex financial instruments unless they can be unambiguously shown to benefit society in the long run. -- Ha-Joon Chang
The bill would ban human cloning, and any attempts at human cloning, for both reproductive purposes and medical research. Also forbidden is the importing of cloned embryos or products made from them. -- Ken Calvert
I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a passing fad. It's got to go. It's got to go a long way from here. -- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Tobacco companies are legally operating entities in Australia. If the Government thinks that they should not make donations to political parties, well then they should ban them operating as legally structured entities in Australia. -- Julie Bishop
A contingent bailout policy - implicit or explicit - must be coupled with some regulation of what banks can and cannot do. For example, a ban on lending to uncreditworthy customers might well make sense. -- Eric Maskin
When President Obama first unveiled his gun control proposals recommending a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and better background checks, there seemed to be momentum behind the effort. But then the proposals ran into a wall. -- Robert Dallek
I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying. -- Barack Obama
Small businesses provide 75 percent of new U.S. jobs and are the backbone of our economy, and no outdated ban should be keeping small business owners from collecting the same interest their money could earn if it were held by an individual. -- Sue Kelly
No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban polygamy or bigamy, nor was a Constitutional Amendment needed to set a uniform age of majority to ban child marriages. -- Judy Biggert
Ronald Reagan was long thought to be the most conservative of Republicans. And by any standard today he is the most popular Republican in modern history. Yet he raised taxes 11 times, supported a ban on assault rifles and the Brady Bill, which mandated background checks, and established amnesty for 3 million undocumented workers. -- Mark McKinnon
Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school. -- Karin Slaughter
There's not really a ban on the KIA bracelet specifically. There are regulations for wearing the uniform and specifically jewelry, and Marines are not allowed to wear bracelets. This falls under that spectrum. Now, the KIA bracelet will be lumped into the same category as the POW/MIA bracelets, which are approved for wear. -- James F. Amos
Assault weapons ban reintroduced... -- Barack Obama
Twitter should ban my mother. -- Frances Bean Cobain
I supported the assault weapon ban. -- Mitt Romney
If I had the power, I would ban leggings. -- Jil Sander
If it were up to me we'd ban them all. -- Mel Reynolds
South Carolina State Rep. Mike Pitts wants to ban money. -- Charles Foster Johnson
Ok to ban smoking from workplaces, but not to ban smoking. -- Mike Huckabee
Certainly one cannot ban cross burning in the sanctity of his bedroom. -- Antonin Scalia
Calls to ban Muslims from entering the US are offensive and unconstitutional. -- Mike Pence
If I want to ban any newspaper, I will, with good reason. -- Yahya Jammeh
We need a lifetime ban on government officials lobbying for a foreign government. -- Donald Trump
Impeach President Reagan retroactively for agreeing with Obama on the assault weapons ban. -- John Fugelsang
And it's time as a country that we have an assault weapon ban. -- Rahm Emanuel
We need a total ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections. -- Donald Trump
66 percent of Americans agree in a temporary ban of refugees entering the United States! -- Sean Hannity
We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What good does it do to ban some guns. All guns should be banned. -- Howard Metzenbaum
I would like to ban people being allowed to text while in a crosswalk. -- Rich Sommer
If alcohol is legal, I don't see why people still have a ban on marijuana... -- Megan Fox
Until we can ban all of them [firearms], then we might as well ban none. -- Howard Metzenbaum
If a bill to ban handguns came to the house floor, I would vote for it. -- Pete Stark
There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone. -- Satyajit Ray
Sexual intercourse began in 1963 ... / Between the end of the Chatterley ban/ and the Beatles first LP -- Philip Larkin
We should totally ban for-profit charters. For-profit's first obligation is to its stockholders, not to its children. -- Diane Ravitch
If women took up arms to defend their reproductive rights, the GOP would ban assault rifles yesterday. -- Steve Marmel
We're bending the law as far as we can to ban an entirely new class of guns. -- Rahm Emanuel
If we're trying to protect the American public, we should not put in place a travel ban. -- Barack Obama
Americans may not always live up to the Bill of Rights, but Americans do not ban books. -- Bradley A. Smith
I'd have all the cars made in the Carolinas, and I'd ban the ones made in China. -- Hank Williams, Jr.
Until the late-nineteenth-century the House of Commons maintained a formal ban on the reporting of its debates. -- Clive Ponting
I would ban sweets from school - but this pressure to bring in healthy food is too much -- Boris Johnson
I am going to get officers training to deescalate situations, ban racial profiling, and make body cameras available. -- Hillary Clinton
The First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind. -- Mike Godwin
The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury. -- Mark Twain
If they just reverse the division, ban the judges, and then it'll discourage other judges from ever doing this. -- Roy Jones Jr.
As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race. -- Cass Sunstein
I don't think fundamentally we should ban him [Donald Trump], I don't think we can go around doing that. -- Kit Malthouse
One would understand a ban on surrogate advertising, but to completely ban [smoking] is ridiculous, a joke taken too far. -- Mahesh Bhatt
A lot of animal experiments consider only commercial interests. We want to ban all animal experiments as soon as possible. -- Marianne Thieme
Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN to make such a ban universal. -- Leon Kass
The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church's ban Or hell's damnation. -- Robert Burns
We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade. -- Michael Nutter
His [Donald Trump ]comments are shocking, offensive and disturbing but I don't believe it merits a ban at this point in time. -- Keir Starmer
[On gay ban in the military:] Heroism, I believe, is a trait that does not know race, color, creed, sex, or sexual orientation. -- Dianne Feinstein
Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime goodbye. -- Roger Maris
The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues, -- Thurgood Marshall
In every cry of every man, In every infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forg'd manacles I hear. -- William Blake
Low oil prices played a part in a major move by Congress voting to end the 40-year-old ban on exporting American crude oil. -- Ari Shapiro
I think if we ban certain religions, if we censor the Internet, I think that at that point the terrorists will have won. -- Rand Paul
If we're going to ban all Muslims, how are we going to get them to be part of a coalition to destroy ISIS? -- Jeb Bush
Surely, sport is not fundamentally about the safety of athletes. If it were, we'd probably have to ban professional football, right after boxing. -- Alice Dreger
[A primate ban] would force us to abandon research that could lead to treatments for Alzheimer's, motor neurone disease, strokes and many other illnesses -- Tipu Aziz
I don't want to be shut out from the truth. If they ban books, they might as well lock us away from the world. -- Rory Edwards
I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for. -- Stephen Malkmus
I think universal harmony is a pipedream and it may be more productive to focus on more modest goals, like a ban on yodeling. -- Woody Allen
I am not saying that I want to ban Islam. I want less Islam in Europe because it doesn't allow any room for debate. -- Geert Wilders
Ben Carson also denounced [Donald] Trump`s ban all Muslims proposal saying we do not and would not advocate being selective on one`s religion. -- Rachel Maddow
I don't have a philosophical objection, necessarily, to a travel ban if that is the thing that is going to keep the American people safe. -- Barack Obama
If some of those people who wanted to ban Beethoven's music could hear the music that's being played today, wow, what would they do, man? -- Smokey Robinson
Although the District of Columbiahas had a ban on handgun sale and possession since 1976, Washingtonresidents are held hostage by the lax gun laws of surroundingjurisdictions. -- Josh Sugarmann
It was gross enough for fast food restaurants to ban, but apparently our government wants so-called pink slime to be a staple in your kids' lunches. -- Jane Velez-Mitchell
The maximalist demand of a complete ban on weapons, and the 'incremental steps' towards disarmament are both jammed. Will advancing IHL help both of these processes? -- Jonathan Granoff
I was the first to win a major with a belly putter, and I've spent hours practicing that way, so I hope they don't ban anchoring. -- Keegan Bradley
The digital world is developing with such force and such a pace that you simply can't ban or control it. People want to be globally connected. -- Elif Safak
Americans have an extraordinary love-hate relationship with the rich culture they've created. They buy, watch and read it even as they ban, block and condemn it. -- Jon Katz
We ought to ban hunting, I suggest, if there isn't a purpose other than sport and fun. That should be against the law. It's time now. -- Cass Sunstein
Yesterday Senator John Kerry changed his mind and now supports the ban on gay marriages. I'm telling you this guy has more positions than Paris Hilton. -- David Letterman
In the next election, can we vote to ban those ribbon things that kind of keep clothing on hangers but really just hang out of your armpits? -- Olivia Wilde
The ban on assault weapons has decreased gun violence in Baltimore not one iota. That's because few, if any, of the shootings were done with assault weapons. -- Gregory Kane
I believe one day a 'ban on gay marriage' will sound totally ridiculous. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out for equality for all of us. -- Ellen DeGeneres
[Not achieving a nuclear test ban] would have to be classed as the greatest disappointment of any administration of any decade, of any time and of any party. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
I would absolutely commit to holding a vote on the hunting ban - I think it is not proven to be in the interests of animal welfare whatsoever. -- Andrea Leadsom
I don't think people are reacting primarily to the danger of the sport. There are many other activities that are truly dangerous that we have no inclination to ban. -- Jonathan Gottschall
The fights I fought... cost a lot --the fight for the assault-weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress. The NRA is the reason the Republicans control the House. -- William J. Clinton
I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights. -- Steve Israel
If a cricketer suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, are you going to ban cricket bats? -- Prince Philip
We have an anti-choice president, an anti-choice House and Senate. They might pass a national ban. It's already virtually impossible for people in some areas to get an abortion. -- Nancy Keenan
I don't eat any dairy products at all, usually - it's a self-imposed ban. I've done it for a year now, since I was ill, but it's so hard. -- Sam Taylor-Johnson
[The banshee (from ban [bean], a woman, and shee [sidhe], a fairy) is an attendant fairy that follows the old families, and none but them, and wails before a death. -- W.B. Yeats
It's no surprise to say I oppose the ban [of Donald Trump].If we only allow free speech for those we already agree with, is that free speech at all? -- Edward Leigh
Waco was supposed to be a way for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and the Clinton administration to prove the need for a ban on so-called assault weapons. -- Steve Stockman
It's red hot, mate. I hate to think of this sort of book getting in the wrong hands. As soon as I've finished this, I shall recommend they ban it. -- Tony Hancock
The Department of Agriculture announced that it will ban six new strains of E. coli. Which explains why the hot dog vendor outside my building is now just selling napkins. -- Jimmy Fallon

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