Culture Quote by Rhys Ifans

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

— Milton Friedman

Prohibition is an awful flop. We like it. It can't stop what it's meant to stop. We like it. It's left a trail of…

— Franklin P. Adams

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble

— Al Capone

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

Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond t he…

— Abraham Lincoln

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

— Mark Twain

[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

It's ridiculous that we continue to incarcerate anyone for using a substance that actually causes far less damage than alcohol. No one goes out…

— Susan Sarandon

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

— Pope Benedict XVI

The prohibition of drugs causes crime. You don't have to legalize, just decriminalize it.

— Jesse Ventura

Very commonly substances are criminalized because they're associated with what's called the dangerous classes, you know, poor people, or working people… Actually, the peak…

— Noam Chomsky

It might be a little rough on some people for a while, but I think it's the only way to deal with drugs. Look…

— Hunter S. Thompson