America Quote by Bertrand Russell

Prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it.

— Mark Twain

Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favorite arguments of the Prohibitionists.…

— H. L. Mencken

When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil…

— John D. Rockefeller

People have forgotten the effects of prohibition. We have become the United Statesof Amnesia.

— Gore Vidal

We are for abstinence, not prohibition. Prohibition leads to many socio-legal problems. Wherever liquor has been prohibited, there is a tendency to consume through…

— Pinarayi Vijayan

There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the…

— Bill Bryson

Sometimes we are looked upon as people who speak only of prohibitions. Nothing could be further from the truth!

— Pope Benedict XVI

“Evidence ... proves that prohibition only drives drunkenness behind closed doors and into dark places, and it does not cure it or even diminish it.”

— Mark Twain

Give yourself one night to waste with me. Come, break every prohibition. We will be corrupt, and if it's a crime. What can we…

— Romeo Santos

Prohibition is an attempted cure that makes matters worse - for both the addict and the rest of us.

— Milton Friedman

My folks were raised pure prohibitionist. They were very good people, with high moral standards - but very repressed. There was no hugging and…

— Hugh Hefner

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