If Congress cannot constitutionally impair the right of private property, or take it without compensation, it cannot constitutionally, legalise the perpetration of such acts, by others, nor protect those who commit them.
"The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus"
American Anti-Slavery Society
But the question then arises whether parties so separated will continue to live as celibates; and as it appears certain that the vast majority will not, we have to ask whether it is better to legalise the fresh unions which are formed, or to permit adultery.
"An Outline of Sexual Morality"
Kenneth Ingram
The Court having attempted to legalise excessive usury,-I mean with respect to the affair of loans,-my dignity would not permit me to tolerate so public and scandalous an evil.
"The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete"
Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz