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)

“Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.”
—Hannah More (1745–1833)