Browsing Topic Best Drug Prohibition Quotes

Mistrust those in whom the urge to punish is strong.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all legal professions of history have based their job security.

Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit.

The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit.

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.

Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.

There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men.

Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing.

Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use… Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce [28g] of marijuana.