I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when you have laws, you breed contempt if you don't enforce them.
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Americans may not always live up to the Bill of Rights, but Americans do not ban books.
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
While the debate over banned books usually seems to happen just outside the gates of government, it takes on a new danger and urgency when legislators get involved. Their actions cause voices to be silenced both inside and outside the books. That's un-American.
I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about law just didn't really have enough of that.
Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.
A law is a law, and it has to be respected.
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.
I am not in the business of suppressing books.
I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.
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