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We have laws against torture. The Constitution says nothing whatever about torture. It speaks of punishment; 'cruel and unusual' punishments are forbidden.

~Antonin Scalia

Topics: About Against Constitution Cruel Forbidden Laws Nothing Punishment Punishments Says Speaks Torture Unusual Whatever

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As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties.

~Arthur Henderson

Topics: Abolish Achieve Central Disarmament Equality First First Step Forbidden Must Offer Peace Powers Rights Step Treaties Weapons

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Rights are not a matter of numbers - and there can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to an individual, but permitted to a mob.

~Ayn Rand

Topics: Actions Forbidden Individual Law Matter Mob Morality Numbers Permitted Rights Thing

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But for Muslims, everything that they don't have on earth is what they get in heaven. They can drink, they can have sex. All of the forbidden pleasures on earth, you can have in paradise.

~Barbara Walters

Topics: Drink Earth Everything Forbidden Get Heaven Muslims Paradise Pleasures Sex You

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When I was in college, I became interested in various aspects of foreign policy and international relations. Even as a kid, I was interested in what I call, loosely speaking, forbidden knowledge.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Aspects Became Call College Even Forbidden Foreign Foreign Policy Interested International International Relations Kid Knowledge Loosely Policy Relations Speaking Various

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I have a long-standing interest in what I like to think of as 'forbidden knowledge:' methods of unarmed killing, lock picking, breaking and entry, spy stuff, and other things that the government wants only a few select individuals to know.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Breaking Entry Few Forbidden Government Individuals Interest Know Knowledge Like Lock Long-Standing Methods Only Other Picking Select Spy Stuff Things Think Unarmed Wants

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The NSA is forbidden to 'target' American citizens, green-card holders or companies for surveillance without an individual warrant from a judge.

~Barton Gellman

Topics: American American Citizens Citizens Companies Forbidden Individual Judge Surveillance Target Warrant Without Nsa

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The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed.

~Bernard Tschumi

Topics: Act Architectural Architecture Forbidden Lies Limits Most Parts Pleasure Ultimate Where

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That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it.

~Boris Pasternak

Topics: Dear Doctor Fellow Forbidden Me Metaphysics Stomach Take

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If I'm backed into a corner, the first thing that comes to mind is the robot from Forbidden Planet. But that could be me trying to be kitschy, cool, and cultural, because the real answer is R2D2.

~Christian Slater

Topics: Answer Backed Because Cool Corner Could Cultural First First Thing Forbidden Me Mind Planet Real Robot The First Thing Thing Trying

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