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Prohibition has made nothing but trouble

— Al Capone

Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond t he…

— Abraham Lincoln

Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of…

— Abraham Lincoln

You look at any culture, and prohibition has invariably been an unmitigated failure. It is just idiotic to criminalise any substance, I think.

— Rhys Ifans

Understand now, I'm purely a fiction writer and do not profess to be an earnest student of political science, but I believe strongly that…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to…

— James Callaghan

Government prohibitions do always more mischief than had been calculated; and it is not without much hesitation that a statesman should hazard to regulate…

— Albert Gallatin

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 trail of…

— Franklin P. Adams

While one party may possess the levers of power, one party does not possess a monopoly on good ideas. Good lawmaking, after all, is…

— Bill Owens

The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and…

— Albert Einstein

[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not…

— Sam Branson

A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.

— Abraham Lincoln