The gun-control crusade today is like the Prohibition crusade 100 years ago. It is a shared zealotry that binds the self-righteous know-it-alls… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
State interference in economic life, which calls itself economic policy, has done nothing but destroy economic life. Prohibitions and regulations have by… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Language makes it possible for a child to incorporate his parents' verbal prohibitions, to make them part of himself…We don't speak of… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
A man with a camera was always suspected of being a spy. Moreover, the Jews did not want to be photographed, due… — Roman Vishniac Copy Share Image
Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Drugs are a tragedy for addicts. But criminalizing their use converts that tragedy into a disaster for society, for users and non-users… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I was getting sick and tired of being lectured by dear friends with their little bottles of water and their regular visits… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Although drugs are immoral and must be kept from the young, thousands of schools pressure parents to give the drug Ritalin to… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
I still think that the point of reference for every Indian when he is in doubt on any political or social issue… — Khushwant Singh Copy Share Image
Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A man who is without capital, and who, by prohibitions upon banking, is practically forbidden to hire any, is in a condition… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
No political party can ever make prohibition effective. A political party implies an adverse, an opposing, political party. To enforce criminal statutes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'Boardwalk' begins literally on the first day of Prohibition, which I think was a wonderful way to start - to have the… — Michael Pitt Copy Share Image
“The problems raised by alcohol and tobacco cannot, it goes without saying, be solved by prohibition. The universal and ever-present urge to… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
By requiring that an execution be relatively painless, we necessarily protect the inmate from enduring any punishment that is comparable to the… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Canned breakfast juices had first appeared during Prohibition, motivated by grape growers who could no longer sell their products as wine, and… — Gary Taubes Copy Share Image
Although our moral conscience is a part of our consciousness, we do not feel ourselves on an equality with it. In this… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
“There has never been any art or literature without drink and there never will be…Unless something is done about the matter [prohibition]… — Joseph Pennell Copy Share Image
The so-called Christian virtues of humility, love, charity, personal freedom, the strong prohibitions against violence, murder, stealing, lying, cruelty-all these are washed… — John T. Flynn Copy Share Image
In his scintillating new novel, Matt Bondurant explores a crucial period in the history of Virginia and of his family. His gorgeous,… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
The U.S. Bill of Rights is being steadily eroded, with two million telephone calls tapped, 30 million workers under electronic surveillance, and,… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
In order for the State in the person of school officials to justify prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, it must… — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
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