Assault Weapon Ban

Famous quotes containing the words assault, weapon and/or ban:

    We have long forgotten the ritual by which the house of our life was erected. But when it is under assault and enemy bombs are already taking their toll, what enervated, perverse antiquities do they not lay bare in the foundations.
    Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)

    What is the imagination? Only an arm or weapon of the interior energy; only the precursor of the reason.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    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 (1924–1968)