Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. Votes: 5
W. C. FieldsProhibition may be a disputed theory, but none can say that it doesn't hold water. Votes: 4
Thomas Lansing MassonA Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded. Votes: 4
Abraham LincolnFrenchmen drink wine just like we used to drink water before Prohibition. Votes: 3
Ring Lardner, Jr.The ban on sports betting does exactly what Prohibition did. It makes criminals rich. Votes: 3
James SurowieckiProhibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into. Votes: 3
Don MarquisProhibition is an attempted cure that makes matters worse - for both the addict and the rest of us. Votes: 3
Milton FriedmanWe find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation. Votes: 1
William HazlittMaking prohibition work is like making water run uphill; it's against nature. Votes: 0
Milton FriedmanAmerica has maintained a prohibition on negotiating with terrorists for good reason. Votes: 0
James InhofeAs with most consensual crimes, this prohibition of hemp is both silly and sinister. Votes: 0
Peter McWilliamsThe prohibition of drugs causes crime. You don't have to legalize, just decriminalize it. Votes: 0
Jesse VenturaPeople have forgotten the effects of prohibition. We have become the United Statesof Amnesia. Votes: 0
Gore VidalThe prohibition of L'shon Hara is the Jewish equivalent of the Buddhist practice of Right Speech. Votes: 0
Sylvia BoorsteinThe snakes are always against the prohibition of the poisons; and the arms traders, of the arms! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanIn fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn't the initial cost, it's the humidity. Votes: 0
Sinclair LewisBut the worst handicap we had the prohibition of naming individual units who had done the fighting. Votes: 0
Philip GibbsThree times I have been mistaken for a prohibition agent, but never had any trouble clearing myself. Votes: 0
Dashiell HammettWe know the IRS has made clear there is no prohibition on releasing it when you're under audit. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonJust 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. Votes: 3 George Soros
Drugs are a tragedy for addicts. But criminalizing their use converts that tragedy into a disaster for society, for users and non-users alike. Our experience with the prohibition of drugs is a replay of our experience with the prohibition of alcoholic beverages. Votes: 3 Milton Friedman