Alcohol Quote by Kurt Schmoke

We have seen the evil of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in our midst; let us try prohibition and see what this…

— Thomas Jordan Jarvis

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

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

In the 1920s, we thought the problems associated with alcohol could be solved by police and jails. Prohibition taught us we were wrong. The…

— Rodney S. Quinn

. . . the solution is not to toss youthful offenders into jail or prisons. We long ago recognized alcoholism to be a disease,…

— Tom McCall

I got tired of seeing otherwise innocent young kids from all walks of life getting criminal records for, in effect, doing nothing more than…

— Ron Clarke

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

[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

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

— Gore Vidal

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

“Americans—those who liked or needed alcohol—had the same desire to drink and were still able, and the country´s criminals grew prosperous due to the…

— Charles River Editors

With such compelling information, the question is why havent we been able to do more to prevent the crisis of underage drinking? The answer…

— Lucille Roybal-Allard