Permissible Quotes

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

By the Obama administration's reasoning, it would be constitutionally permissible to make Americans purchase nearly any product (broccoli, gym membership) that improved their health and thereby contributed to lower health-care costs.