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Prohibition 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. |
 By: | Abraham Lincoln (more quotes by Abraham Lincoln or books by/about Abraham Lincoln) |
| (1809-1865) 16th US President |
Source: | Questionable. Supposedly from a speech, 18 Dec. 1840, to Illinois House of Representatives . No source has been confirmed. Believed to have been written by former Mayor of Atlanta, Anti-Prohibition campaign manager, Col. John B. Goodwin, 1887 see: http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/lincoln.htm |
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