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Criminalize Quotes

This collection of criminalize quotes touches on contested policy debates, from herb use and abortion to historic economic restrictions and modern immigration law. One line recalls the Emergency Banking Act's roots in a 1917 law meant to criminalize trade with wartime enemies, while others argue against criminalizing difficult personal choices. Together the quotes reflect ongoing tension between law, morality, and individual freedom.

These criminalize quotes weigh law against personal freedom across several policy debates, a theme found in About. Both explore where legal lines should be drawn.

I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind.

Quotes by Ziggy Marley

However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.

Quotes by Tony Blair

The Emergency Banking Act reached back in time to amend the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917, which had originally been intended to criminalize economic intercourse between American citizens and declared enemies of the United States.

Quotes by Thomas Woods

Where you criminalize people living with HIV or those at greatest risk, you fuel the epidemic.

Quotes by Shereen El Feki

Abortion Quotes

You've probably seen that any visible Palestinian-American woman who is at the forefront of any social-justice movement is an immediate target of the right wing and right-wing Zionists. They will go to any extreme to criminalize us and to engage...

Quotes by Linda Sarsour

We must make immigration a legal, orderly process to eliminate this issue, not further criminalize it.

Quotes by Jose Serrano

First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Quotes by Dennis Kucinich

Before ICE, we had Immigration and Naturalization Services, but it wasn't until about 1999 that we chose to criminalize immigration at all. And then, once ICE was established, we really kind of militarized that enforcement to a degree that was...

Quotes by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Frequently Asked Questions

What personal choice is discussed in these criminalize quotes?
One quote argues against criminalizing a woman's abortion decision made under difficult circumstances, framing it as a matter that should remain a personal choice. This reflects a specific stance within the broader legal debate. It connects to Abortion.
What historical law is referenced regarding criminalization?
The Emergency Banking Act is mentioned as reaching back to a 1917 law originally meant to criminalize economic exchange between American citizens and wartime enemies. This shows how criminalization laws can be repurposed decades later. It ties into Amend.
What does the herb quote say about drug policy?
It argues that criminalizing herb is wrong given its many beneficial uses beyond smoking, suggesting current law overlooks its broader value. This reflects a critical stance on existing drug policy. It represents one perspective within a larger policy debate.
How is immigration policy addressed in these quotes?
One quote calls for making immigration a legal, orderly process specifically to avoid the need to further criminalize it, framing better systems as the alternative to punitive law. This treats process reform as a solution to criminalization. It connects to themes in American Citizens.
What common thread runs through these criminalize quotes?
Each quote questions whether turning a behavior into a crime is the right response, spanning drug use, reproductive choice, wartime trade, and immigration. The quotes generally favor more nuanced policy over blanket criminalization. This shared skepticism ties the set together.

For more on related legal and social debates, see Abortion and Amend, which explore how laws are shaped and reconsidered.