Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old prohibition quotes, prohibition sayings, and prohibition proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. Abraham Lincoln
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Prohibition was a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive.Herbert Hoover
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Until my tongue be silenced in death, I will continue to fight for the rights of man.Abraham Lincoln
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There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.Mark Twain
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Is it the prohibition that makes anything precious?Mark Twain
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What do I think of Prohibition? Nothing, for the simple reason that there is no such thing. When men want drink, they'll have it in spite of all the laws ever passed; when they don;t want it, no drink will be sold.Mark Twain
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Frenchmen drink wine just like we used to drink water before Prohibition.Lardner
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All organization is and must be grounded on the idea of exclusion and prohibition just as two objects cannot occupy the same space.Arthur Miller
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Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.W.C. Fields
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I violate the Prohibition law, sure. Who doesn't? The only difference is I take more chances than the man who drinks a cocktail before dinner and a flock of highballs after it. But he's just as much violator as I am. Al Capone
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The nation's choice of policy offers a choice of outcomes.Sen. Daniel Patrick
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Prohibition changed the way we live, and it fundamentally redefined the role of the federal government.Daniel Okrent
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Prohibition was a striking example of the American propensity to believe that society was infinitely malleable and that all it would take to rid America of its blemishes and turn it into a promised land would be a few well-meaning laws.Edward Behr
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Prohibition is what makes drugs so profitable, yet the thought of legalizing their distribution, even with rigid controls and treatment programs, arouses the fears of infecting millions of addicts.Max Frankel
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We have seen the evil of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in our midst; let us try prohibition and see what this will do for us.Thomas Jordan
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There is no evidence to show that prohibition has ever had its intended impact. Of course, just as banning beef has reduced beef consumption, banning alcohol will lead to reduced alcohol consumption. But, there appears to be little or no correlation between, say, domestic violence or household impoverishment and prohibition.Vikram Patel
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Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws.
George Soros
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Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
Albert Einstein
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Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now.Drew Carey
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Prohibition may be the greatest gift any government ever gave its citizens. A barrel of beer costs $4 to make and sold for $55. A case of spirituous liquor cost $20 to produce and earned $90--and all this without taxes.Bill Bryson
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Smoking is unhealthy but not as unhealthy as being forbidden to smoke.Marty Rubin
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The forbiddenness of a fruit makes even the taste of a lemon sweet.Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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I believe strongly that such a law as one prohibiting liquor is foolish, and all the writers, keenly interested in human welfare whom I know, laugh at the prohibition law.F. Scott Fitzgerald
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At first, I thought prohibition was a good thing. People were drinking more and having a lot more fun. Without beer, prohibition doesn't work!Homer Simpson
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During Prohibition, it was said tailors would ask customers what size pockets they wanted, pint or quart.Will Rogers
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Prohibition? I drink to its health whenever I can.Libba Bray
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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 such a law as one prohibiting liquor is foolish.F. Scott Fitzgerald
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In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn't the initial cost, it's the humidity.
Sinclair Lewis
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