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Prohibition Quotes

Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control mans' appetite through legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not even crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our Government was founded. Abraham Lincoln
Roger Q. Mills quote: "Prohibition was introduced as a fraud; it has been nursed as a..."
Prohibition was introduced as a fraud; it has been nursed as a fraud. Roger Q. Mills
Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared. Sun Tzu
Don Marquis quote: "Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies..."
Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into. Don Marquis
Al Capone quote: "Prohibition has made nothing but trouble."
Prohibition has made nothing but trouble. Al Capone
Will Rogers quote: "Prohibition is better than no liquor at all."
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all. Will Rogers
Jean-Pierre Raffarin quote: "Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a..."
Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a manifestation of militancy, would look like a fight against religions. Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws. George Soros
From "Not For Ourselves Alone:" In Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s time: Women were barred by custom from the pulpit and professions Those who spoke in public were thought indecent Married women were prohibited from owning or inheriting property: in fact, wives were the property of their husbands, who were entitled by law to her wages and her body. Women were prohibited from signing contracts Women had no right to their children or even their clothing in a divorce Women were not allowed to... Ken Burns
I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition. Otto Hahn
In early January I introduced my legislation, which, besides prohibiting Federal funding of human cloning, also expresses the sense of Congress that foreign nations should establish total prohibition on human cloning as well. Cliff Stearns
Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now. Drew Carey
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth. Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth. Will Rogers
It's not at all uncommon to find a person's desires compelling him to go against his reason, and to see him cursing himself and venting his passion on the source of the compulsion within him. It's as if there were two warring factions, with passion fighting on the side of reason. But I'm sure you won't claim that you had ever, in yourself or in anyone else, met a case of passion siding with his desires against the rational mind, when the rational mind prohibits resistance. Plato

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