Cost Quote by Sinclair Lewis

There is pain in prohibition

— Anonymous

Making prohibition work is like making water run uphill; it's against nature.

— Milton Friedman

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

— Pope Benedict XVI

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

— Mark Twain

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble

— Al Capone

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

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

Although man is already ninety per cent water, the Prohibitionists are not yet satisfied.

— John Kendrick Bangs

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

— Gore Vidal

Prohibition is a hard sounding word, worthless as a rallying cry, hard as a locked door or going to bed without your supper.

— Nellie L. McClung

Prohibitions create the desire they were intended to cure.

— Lawrence Durrell