"Government should allow persons to engage in whatever conduct they want to, no matter how deviant or abnormal it may be, so long as (a) they know what they are doing, (b) they consent to it, and (c) no one - at least no one other than the participants - is harmed by it."

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Source : Edwin M. Schur, Hugo Adam Bedau (1974). “Victimless crimes: two sides of a controversy”, Prentice Hall

Hugo Adam Bedau

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“You know, people always warn children about taking candy from strange adults. But they never warn us adults about taking candy from strange children. All those sweet-looking kids who sell boxes of candy bars on the street to help pay for schooling - how do we know what's in those bars? And don't even get me stated on that nefarious institution designed to lure unsuspecting customers into buying mysterious frosted goodies: the bake sale. Adults, be warned: if a child wanted to poison you it would be a piece of cake! Literally a piece of cake.”
“Art lives and dies in the unique heart of he who carries it, just as all feelings only live and expand in the souls of those who feel them. There is no history of art -- there is the history of artists.”
“Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap on the ballot box.”
“Those who are learning to compose and arrange their sentences with accuracy and order are learning, at the same time, to think with accuracy and order.”
“Guys have to look up to somebody. Everybody needs to have their own role and somebody has to be the star.”

Source : "'The Pearl' Still Shining: An Interview with New York Knicks Legend Earl Monroe". Interview with Keith Schlosser, bleacherreport.com. November 24, 2009.
“I was born in Iran, left at a very young age-less than a year old-and grew up and was educated in the West. I grew up thinking of myself as an American but also, because of my parents and the Iranian culture that was in our home, as an Iranian. So if there's any such thing as dual loyalty, then I have it-at least culturally.”

Source : Interview with James Toback, www.interviewmagazine.com.
“If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.”
“Outside the ring I work hard when I train and I spend as much time as I can with my family when I'm not training.”

Source : Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com.

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