Legislate Sin

Famous quotes containing the words legislate and/or sin:

“We legislate against forestalling and monopoly; we would have a common granary for the poor; but the selfishness which hoards the corn for high prices, is the preventative of famine; and the law of self-preservation is surer policy than any legislation can be.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Evil is that which one believes of others. It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)