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Katrina
at Wed May 5 22:21:57 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Katrina ]
The message still sounds pertinent, though. "...makes a crime out of things that are not crimes."
Katrina
>>Full context:
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>>"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. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded."
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>>So he was specifically referring to the prohibition of alcohol... The Temperance Movement never really stood a chance: we're a nation founded by brewers!
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