LGBT Rights By Country - History of LGBT-related Laws

History of LGBT-related Laws

See also: Timeline of LGBT history, LGBT social movements, and Sodomy law#History
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Famous quotes containing the words history of, history and/or laws:

    “He wrote in prison, not a History of the World, like Raleigh, but an American book which I think will live longer than that. I do not know of such words, uttered under such circumstances, and so copiously withal, in Roman or English or any history.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “We aspire to be something more than stupid and timid chattels, pretending to read history and our Bibles, but desecrating every house and every day we breathe in.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “In time of war the laws are silent.”
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)