The amount of money and of legal energy being given to prosecute hundreds of thousands of Americans who are caught with a… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
I knew San Francisco when it was a wild place during Prohibition. There were more speakeasies than churches, and you could always… — Jackie Coogan Copy Share Image
We have seen the evil of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in our midst; let us try prohibition and see… — Thomas Jordan Jarvis Copy Share Image
People have forgotten the effects of prohibition. We have become the United Statesof Amnesia. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Under the dual sovereignty principle, the Fifth Amendment's prohibition on double jeopardy - which prevents the government from trying someone twice for… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
Although my parents were kind and loving, I had none of the joys, or the companionship, which small children usually have. From… — John George Haigh Copy Share Image
In the 1920s prohibition in the US notoriously failed to tackle alcohol use, led to lethal forms of liquor entering the black… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
Discovery can give no right of ownership, for whatever is discovered must have been already here to be discovered. If a man… — Henry George Copy Share Image
Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts. — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
You look at any culture, and prohibition has invariably been an unmitigated failure. It is just idiotic to criminalise any substance, I… — Rhys Ifans Copy Share Image
The prohibition amendment to the Constitution requires the Congress. and the President to provide adequate laws to prevent its violation. It is… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I'd like to promote lots of things. I'd like to promote elimination of drug prohibition. I'd like to promote parental choice in… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Prohibition is an awful flop. We like it. It can't stop what it's meant to stop. We like it. It's left a… — Franklin P. Adams Copy Share Image
Remember, government is not an enlightened organization designed to promote public welfare. It is barbaric, uncivilized force…military and police power put to… — Bill Bonner Copy Share Image
The prohibition of drugs causes crime. You don't have to legalize, just decriminalize it. — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
What is true environmentalism? I think it's environmental stewardship - not prohibition. — Scott Pruitt 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
If even a small fraction of the money we now spend on trying to enforce drug prohibition were devoted to treatment and… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“Media censorship is a prohibition of words and pictures. The war on drugs is a complete failure, and so is the American… — Oliver Markus 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
And on the seventh day, god stepped back and said and said, "This is my creation, perfect in every way... oh, dammit… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Making prohibition work is like making water run uphill; it's against nature. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
