The war on drugs to me is absolutely phoney, its so obviously phoney, ok? It's a war against our civil rights, that's… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
In the 1920s, we thought the problems associated with alcohol could be solved by police and jails. Prohibition taught us we were… — Rodney S. Quinn Copy Share Image
The murder clearance rate now in my city Baltimore is almost non-existent. Nobody can solve a murder, nobody can do any actual… — David Simon Copy Share Image
The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty; but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
In the war on drugs, state and state law enforcement agencies have been rewarded in cash by the federal government - through… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The drug war isn't what purports to be. If you look at the whole operation and the tie-in between the American intelligence… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
“It made economic sense, if you looked at it from the right angle; it was not in the Clan’s interest for the… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
If the drug war was waged in those communities it would spark such outrage that the war would end overnight. This literal… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The wave of punitiveness that washed over the United States with the rise of the drug war and the get tough movement… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The War on Drugs has failed - but it’s worse than that. It is actively harming our society. Violent crime is thriving… — Sting Copy Share Image
I think that the war on drugs is domestic Vietnam. And didn't we learn from Vietnam that, at a certain point in… — Kurt Schmoke Copy Share Image
We cannot continue doing the same thing and expect different results — Otto Perez Molina Copy Share Image
By waging the drug war and "getting tough" almost exclusively in the 'hood, we've managed to create a vast new racial undercaste… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm actually not in favour of decriminalizing cannabis -- I'm in favour of legalizing it. Tax and regulate. It's one of the… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
“So just take a look at the different prosecution rates and sentencing rules for ghetto drugs like crack and suburban drugs like… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The story is complicated and contradictory. Sometimes this proclaimed ‘war on drugs’ has followed shifts in military threats; at times it is… — Lintus Magnus Copy Share Image
The war on drugs has been a social and political failure. We need to encourage sport and stop encouraging drugs. — Steven Machat Copy Share Image
“The temptation is to insist that black men 'choose' to be criminals; the system does not make them criminals, at least not… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The war on drugs is wrong, both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid, too reckless, and too irresponsible… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
'Narcos' moves so fast, and the war on drugs is just so vast, and there are so many things you can focus… — Teresa Ruiz Copy Share Image
“The human parallels are important here, because the legend of the urban pit bull would become a literal companion piece to America’s… — Bronwen Dickey Copy Share Image
“It’s not the drug that causes the junkie it’s the laws that causes the junkie because of course the drug laws means… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
“At a time when the current and two former US presidents have admittedly indulged, as have politicians of all stripes from Al… — Jeffrey Dhywood Copy Share Image
The War on Drugs, cloaked in race-neutral language, offered whites opposed to racial reform a unique opportunity to express their hostility toward… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
