Attraction Quote by P. D. James

“Prohibitionism is based on the premise that citizens will refrain from behaviors that are deemed immoral or harmful if such behaviors are decreed unlawful…

— Jeffrey Dhywood

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

It's much better to have rules that we can actually live within. And absolute prohibitions, generally, are not the kind of rules that countries…

— Alan Dershowitz

The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be.

— Laozi

Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of…

— Tony Blair

The period of Prohibition - called the noble experiment - brought on the greatest breakdown of law and order the United States has known…

— Gore Vidal

Any society has to delegate the responsibility to maintain a certain kind of order. Enforcing regulations, making sure people stop at stoplights. We can't…

— Joseph Stiglitz

The rule of law does not guarantee freedom, since general law as well as personal edicts can be tyrannical. But increasing reliance on the…

— Milton Friedman

My government is truly concerned with bringing prohibition.

— J. Jayalalithaa

We hear many persuasive voices demanding freedom from restrictions, particularly from moral restraints. However, we learn from the history of the earth that any…

— James E. Faust

In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.

— Peter Ustinov

I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.

— Lady Starlight