Prohibition Quote by Daniel Okrent

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

When Prohibition was first enacted in 1920, most people stockpiled alcohol, thinking they'd have enough to last them for years. By 1923, that was…

— Terence Winter

A staggering 63 percent of Americans say that addiction to alcohol or other drugs has had an impact on them at some point in…

— Patrick J. Kennedy

“Nearly 40% of iGen high school seniors in 2016 had never tried alcohol at all, and the number of 8th graders who have tried…

— Jean M. Twenge

“And when Prohibition came along, Dr. Sharpe’s Shakti Tonic took off like a rocket, mostly due to its hefty eighteen percent alcohol content.”

— Donald O'Donovan

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

— Gore Vidal

“The support many Progressives lent to Prohibition reflected that naiveté, and though the Progressive Movement began to dissipate during World War I, Prohibition can…

— Charles River Editors

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

“Prohibition is to abstain from intoxicating liquor, as it makes us morbid and sometimes drunk. But we get drunk every day, nevertheless, not so…

— Marcus Garvey

Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we…

— Drew Carey

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

I used often to go to America during Prohibition, and there was far more drunkenness there then than before; the prohibition of pornography has…

— Bertrand Russell