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A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if he drank. — H. L. Mencken
We either believe in the dignity of the individual, the rule of law, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, or we don't. There… — Leon Panetta
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works… — Will Rogers
One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the research of gangs… — Martin Scorsese
A man who is without capital, and who, by prohibitions upon banking, is practically forbidden to hire any, is in a condition elevated but one… — Lysander Spooner
The ban on sports betting does exactly what Prohibition did. It makes criminals rich. — James Surowiecki
I maintain the importance of an absolute prohibition against torture, while acknowledging that even absolute prohibitions can sometimes be broken. If that is a contradiction,… — Julian Baggini
From the outset, MoMA followed the Bauhaus's strict prohibition against design that even hinted at the decorative, a prejudice that skewed the pioneering museum's view… — Martin Filler
We learn from history that we do not learn from history — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it. — Michel de Montaigne
Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use. — Richard M. Nixon
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are,… — Jimmy Carter
The amount of money and of legal energy being given to prosecute hundreds of thousands of Americans who are caught with a few ounces of… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
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 things… — Abraham Lincoln
True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions...It is a sin… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The care of every man's soul belongs to himself. But what if he neglect the care of it? Well what if he neglect the care… — Thomas Jefferson
Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain. — Thomas Aquinas
Anyone who knows he is loved is in turn prompted to love. It is the Lord himself, who loved us first, who asks us to… — Pope Benedict XVI
So many things which once had distressed or revolted him — the speeches and pronouncements of the learned, their assertions and their prohibitions, their refusal… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Every general prohibition creates its bootleggers. — Robert A. Heinlein
But…but you can’t treat religion as a sort of buffet, can you? I mean, you can’t say yes please, I’ll have some of the Celestial… — Terry Pratchett
Your mother and I do not approve of drinking. Have you not heard of the Eighteenth Amendment?” “Prohibition? I drink to its health whenever I… — Libba Bray
Making prohibition work is like making water run uphill; it's against nature. — Milton Friedman
There is no logical basis for the prohibition of marijuana. $7.7 billion is a lot of money, but that is one of the lesser evils.… — Milton Friedman
The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the… — Albert Einstein

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