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> [We can see in retrospect that criminalizing the consumption of alcohol proves not to be the solution to the very real problem of drunkenness. So to what I want to say is the very real problem of the human susceptibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/we-can-see-in-retrospect-that-criminalizing-the-consumption-of/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

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## More by Glenn Loury

> [My mouth is no prayer book, but my view is, I'd view addiction to these substances as a medical problem and I would treat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/my-mouth-is-no-prayer-book-but-my-view-is-i-d-view-addiction-to-these/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

> [The fact that we don't' talk about it, that we don't have a politics in which this question of war and peace can even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/the-fact-that-we-don-t-talk-about-it-that-we-don-t-have-a-politics-in/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

> [I'm left. Okay. And sometimes radically, and sometimes I even shock myself with the degree of radicalness in my own - that I'm allowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/i-m-left-okay-and-sometimes-radically-and-sometimes-i-even-shock/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

> [You can put a person in jail for 5 years, for 10 years, or 20 years, for the same crime. We're deciding on 10…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/you-can-put-a-person-in-jail-for-5-years-for-10-years-or-20-years-for/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

> [My sermon for us Americans would be to construct the kind of institutions of mutuality and social cooperation that don't leave 15 or 20…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/my-sermon-for-us-americans-would-be-to-construct-the-kind-of/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

> [The land of the free - we've got an army marching around the world under the banner of freedom, and yet, we are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/the-land-of-the-free-we-ve-got-an-army-marching-around-the-world/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

> [If you have a system that says everybody who needs healthcare gets it and we're going to make sure that it gets paid for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/if-you-have-a-system-that-says-everybody-who-needs-healthcare-gets-it/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

> [Racial problems can't be easily reconciled with a pat account about racism and discrimination that lets us sort of relax into saying when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/racial-problems-can-t-be-easily-reconciled-with-a-pat-account-about/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

> [We can see in retrospect that criminalizing the consumption of alcohol proves not to be the solution to the very real problem of drunkenness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/we-can-see-in-retrospect-that-criminalizing-the-consumption-of/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

> [America is the only advanced industrial democracy where people can get sick and languish because they can't afford care. Or where people are blocked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/america-is-the-only-advanced-industrial-democracy-where-people-can/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

> [Three strikes' laws make no sense as policy. They are more about the politicians responding to the people's desire to see their fury at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/three-strikes-laws-make-no-sense-as-policy-they-are-more-about-the/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

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