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Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.
by William F. Buckley, Jr. (Journalist , born in 1925) keywords: allegation, could, done, even, ever, every, face, far, harm, madness, marijuana, more, prohibition, takes, than , value 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.
by Drew Carey (Actor, American , born in 1961) keywords: america, crime, drug, gang, led, liquor, now, organized, problems, prohibition , rise Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
by W. C. Fields (Comedian, American , born in 1880) keywords: days, during, food, forced, live, nothing, once, prohibition , water But the worst handicap we had the prohibition of naming individual units who had done the fighting.
by Philip Gibbs (Journalist, British , born in 1877) keywords: done, fighting, had, handicap, individual, naming, prohibition, units , worst I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition.
by Otto Hahn (Scientist, German , born in 1879) keywords: convention, details, did, hague, knew, know, poison, prohibited, prohibition, terms, use , war If you should see any Indians you will oblige me by repeating this prohibition to them.
by Benjamin Hawkins (Diplomat, American , born in 1754) keywords: any, indians, oblige, prohibition, repeating, see, should, them , will We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.
by William Hazlitt (Critic, English , born in 1778) keywords: constitutes, find, many, only, prohibition, temptation, them, things , which 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.
by Thomas Jordan Jarvis (Politician, American , born in 1836) keywords: evil, intoxicating, liquors, manufacture, midst, our, prohibition, sale, see, seen, try, us , will Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made.
by William Lyon Mackenzie King (Politician, Canadian , born in 1874) keywords: against, attitude, made, may, prohibition, protest, reasonable, regardless, something, temperance, time, towards, war , which It is not classified as a pagan religion. The so-called New Age activities and this are not called religions and therefore don't come under the prohibition of mingling church and state that we have in this country.
by Dixie Lee Ray (Politician, American , born in 1914) keywords: activities, age, called, church, classified, come, country, mingling, new, pagan, prohibition, religion, religions, so-called, state, therefore , under Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
by Will Rogers (Actor, American , born in 1879) keywords: amendment, anybody, anything, colleges, constitutional, did, earth, five, found, giving, good, instead, learning, money, pass, prohibiting, prohibition, promote, race, smartest, why, works, would , years Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
by Will Rogers (Actor, American , born in 1879) keywords: amendment, americans, anybody, anything, constitutional, did, earth, five, learning, pass, prohibiting, prohibition, race, smartest, well, why, works, would , years 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.
by George Soros (Businessman, Hungarian , born in 1930) keywords: alcohol, began, individual, initiative, just, laws, marijuana, must, national, now, own, process, prohibition, repealing, respect, states, take , their In early January I introduced my legislation, which, besides prohibiting Federal funding of human cloning, also expresses the sense of Congress that foreign nations should establish total prohibition on human cloning as well.
by Cliff Stearns (Politician, American , born in 1941) keywords: also, besides, cloning, congress, early, establish, expresses, federal, foreign, funding, human, introduced, january, legislation, nations, prohibiting, prohibition, sense, should, total, well , which There are criminals who are drug users, but most addicts are criminals only by virtue of prohibition or from resorting to crime to pay inflated black market prices.
by Danny Sugerman (Musician, American , born in 1909) keywords: addicts, black, crime, criminals, drug, inflated, market, most, only, pay, prices, prohibition, resorting, users , virtue