Permissive Quotes

With regard to planning for the use of ground troops, as you know, we have a substantial elaborate plan to insert a force in the event that there's a peaceful environment for which they can -- permissive environment for them to go into... Meet The Press. - John Podesta

We've just concluded discussions of a deal with LURD that will give permissive entry of peacekeepers into this area ... that includes the free port. - John Blaney

We're creating a pilot program that's very permissive to try to combat suicides. At the same time, it gives the parents a way to glean information about their children's well-being while away at college. - Sen Deanna Hanna

We will not use ground troops in anything but a permissive environment. - Joe Lockhart

The timing couldn't be better and reflects the momentum the pro-life movement has today. It's a grass-roots movement that's propelling the legislatures, the governor, the president, and ultimately the Supreme Court to nullify the permissive abortion laws. - Troy Newman

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society. - Roy Jenkins

The people are pro-life, particularly in South Dakota. The timing (of the law) couldn't be better and reflects the momentum the pro-life movement has today. It's not coming from the top, it's coming from the ground. It's a grass-roots movement that's propelling the legislatures, the governor, the president, and ultimately the Supreme Court to nullify the permissive abortion laws. - Troy Newman

The Pennsylvania senate bill is the most comprehensive legislation in the country. It slams the door on runaway eminent domain abuse and completely redefines the overly permissive definition of 'blight' that has been repeatedly used as an excuse to take property from one private citizen and give it to another private citizen. - Steven Anderson

The furor over the cartoons has been a wake-up call for Danes. We are used to seeing ourselves as a permissive and open society on the side of the good, and it is shocking to see Danes as objects of hate. - Flemming Rose