Drinking Quote by Robert Benchley

We go on a lot in this country about offences being caused by drugs. The truth is just as many offences are caused by…

— Jeffrey Archer

Drunkenness is not only the cause of crime, but it is crime; and if any encourage drunkenness for the sake of the profit derived…

— John Ruskin

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

I don't smoke marijuana anymore. I don't drink. Marijuana is a handicap. So is alcohol. Alcohol is a terrible handicap. But in spite of…

— Gary Johnson

It's not a crime to get drunk.

— Joe Bob Briggs

Understand now, I'm purely a fiction writer and do not profess to be an earnest student of political science, but I believe strongly that…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

We are experiencing a real confusion here in the United States, you know. Why is it OK to drink, but it's not OK to…

— Jerry Garcia

I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes…

— Tracey Gold

For some reason, politically there's a distinction between cocaine and crack. Cocaine is not a felony conviction because it's used by middle class and…

— Nick Broomfield

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

It's hogwash to say drunkenness is no excuse for crime... Wherever mind altering drugs are on sale to the public, we should expect mind…

— Steve Fowler

The war on drugs is identical to the prohibition of alcohol: all you're doing is making criminals rich and powerful.

— Jesse Ventura