In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. Anatole France
I insist that there is nothing sacred in the life of an invader, and there is no valid principle of human society that forbids the invaded to protect themselves in whatever way they can. Benjamin Tucker
You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute. You are avenged 1440 times each day. Ambrose Bierce
The rule which forbids ending a sentence with a preposition is the kind of nonsense up with which I will not put. Winston Churchill
There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy. Henryk Sienkiewicz
As I see it, the sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself. Larry Flynt