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Prohibition Quotes

Prohibition? I drink to its health whenever I can Picture Quote #1

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all Picture Quote #1

Prohibition was introduced as a fraud; it has been nursed as a fraud Picture Quote #1

For every prohibition you create, you also create an underground Picture Quote #1

One role of prohibition is in making the drug market more lucrative Picture Quote #1

Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won’t work Picture Quote #1

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The prohibition of private firearms is the goal Picture Quote #1

America has maintained a prohibition on negotiating with terrorists for good reason Picture Quote #1

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation Picture Quote #1

Making prohibition work is like making water run uphill; it’s against nature Picture Quote #1

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble Picture Quote #1

Against self-slaughter there is a prohibition so divine that cravens my weak hand Picture Quote #1

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Communism is like prohibition, it’s a good idea but it won’t work Picture Quote #1

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water Picture Quote #1

During Prohibition, Atlantic City created the idea of the speakeasy, which turned into nightclubs and that extraordinary political complexity and corruption coming out of New Jersey at the time. The long hand that they had-and maybe still do-even had to do with presidential elections Picture Quote #1

In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn’t the initial cost, it’s the humidity Picture Quote #1

But the worst handicap we had the prohibition of naming individual units who had done the fighting Picture Quote #1

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into Picture Quote #1

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It is impossible to tell whether prohibition is a good thing or a bad thing. It has never been enforced in this country Picture Quote #1

Prohibition is a hard sounding word, worthless as a rallying cry, hard as a locked door or going to bed without your supper Picture Quote #1

I started with the book Boardwalk Empire and then immersed myself in the history of Atlantic City, World War I, the temperance movement, Prohibition, pop culture. I even read the news and magazines of the period just to soak in it. That was before I even started thinking of the story Picture Quote #1

The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Complete prohibition of all chemical mind changers can be decreed, but cannot be enforced, and tends to create more evils than it cures Picture Quote #1

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No political party can ever make prohibition effective. A political party implies an adverse, an opposing, political party. To enforce criminal statutes implies substantial unanimity in the community. This is the result of the jury system. Hence the futility of party prohibition Picture Quote #1

The war on drugs is identical to the prohibition of alcohol: all you’re doing is making criminals rich and powerful Picture Quote #1

[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not work Picture Quote #1

When Prohibition was first enacted in 1920, most people stockpiled alcohol, thinking they’d have enough to last them for years. By 1923, that was starting to run out, so your average person started to rely more and more on criminals Picture Quote #1

Popularizing - much less venturing beyond one’s secure turf - was frowned upon for many years. I think I probably internalized the prohibition, even though I was - and knew I was - among the best speakers and writers of my age cohort. I don’t mean I was the best historian - a quite different measure Picture Quote #1

I take very seriously my responsibility as Secretary-General to make sure that the United Nations is doing everything it can to uphold the universal prohibition on the use of chemical weapons Picture Quote #1

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Prohibition? I drink to its health whenever I can (Prohibition Quotes) Prohibition is better than no liquor at all (Prohibition Quotes) Prohibition was introduced as a fraud; it has been nursed as a fraud (Prohibition Quotes) For every prohibition you create, you also create an underground (Prohibition Quotes) One role of prohibition is in making the drug market more lucrative (Prohibition Quotes) Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won’t work (Prohibition Quotes) The prohibition of private firearms is the goal (Prohibition Quotes) America has maintained a prohibition on negotiating with terrorists for good reason (Prohibition Quotes) We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation (Prohibition Quotes) Making prohibition work is like making water run uphill; it’s against nature (Prohibition Quotes) Prohibition has made nothing but trouble (Prohibition Quotes) Against self-slaughter there is a prohibition so divine that cravens my weak hand (Prohibition Quotes) Communism is like prohibition, it’s a good idea but it won’t work (Prohibition Quotes) Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water (Prohibition Quotes) During Prohibition, Atlantic City created the idea of the speakeasy, which turned into nightclubs and that extraordinary political complexity and corruption coming out of New Jersey at the time. The long hand that they had-and maybe still do-even had to do with presidential elections (Prohibition Quotes) In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn’t the initial cost, it’s the humidity (Prohibition Quotes) But the worst handicap we had the prohibition of naming individual units who had done the fighting (Prohibition Quotes) Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into (Prohibition Quotes) It is impossible to tell whether prohibition is a good thing or a bad thing. It has never been enforced in this country (Prohibition Quotes) Prohibition is a hard sounding word, worthless as a rallying cry, hard as a locked door or going to bed without your supper (Prohibition Quotes) I started with the book Boardwalk Empire and then immersed myself in the history of Atlantic City, World War I, the temperance movement, Prohibition, pop culture. I even read the news and magazines of the period just to soak in it. That was before I even started thinking of the story (Prohibition Quotes) The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country (Prohibition Quotes) 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 (Prohibition Quotes) Complete prohibition of all chemical mind changers can be decreed, but cannot be enforced, and tends to create more evils than it cures (Prohibition Quotes) No political party can ever make prohibition effective. A political party implies an adverse, an opposing, political party. To enforce criminal statutes implies substantial unanimity in the community. This is the result of the jury system. Hence the futility of party prohibition (Prohibition Quotes) The war on drugs is identical to the prohibition of alcohol: all you’re doing is making criminals rich and powerful. (Prohibition Quotes) [As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not work. (Prohibition Quotes) When Prohibition was first enacted in 1920, most people stockpiled alcohol, thinking they’d have enough to last them for years. By 1923, that was starting to run out, so your average person started to rely more and more on criminals. (Prohibition Quotes) Popularizing - much less venturing beyond one’s secure turf - was frowned upon for many years. I think I probably internalized the prohibition, even though I was - and knew I was - among the best speakers and writers of my age cohort. I don’t mean I was the best historian - a quite different measure. (Prohibition Quotes) I take very seriously my responsibility as Secretary-General to make sure that the United Nations is doing everything it can to uphold the universal prohibition on the use of chemical weapons. (Prohibition Quotes)

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