Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2001-07-08 Jul 6, 2001It's gotten to where defense attorneys in federal drug cases can do their clients about as much good as Dr. Kevorkian can do his -- quietly shepherd them through to the least painful end.~ Dan BaumThe country's first drug ban explicitly targeted the opium of "the heathen Chinee." Cocaine was first banned in the south to prevent an uprising of hopped-up "cocainized Negroes.~ Dan Baum Jul 5, 2001Of course drugs were fun. And that's what's so stupid about anti-drug campaigns: they don't admit that. I can't say I feel particularly scarred or lessened by my experimentation with drugs. They've gotten a very bad name.~ Anjelica HustonEvery form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.~ Carl Gustav JungIf you say a modern celebrity is an adulterer, a pervert, and a drug addict, all it means is that you've read his autobiography.~ P. J. O'RourkeCocaine habit forming? Of course not. I ought to know, I've been using it for years.~ Tallulah Bankhead Jul 4, 2001We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, ... That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.~ Declaration of Independence Jul 3, 2001We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.~ Daryl GatesThere's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.~ William Von Raab Jul 2, 2001Prohibition 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.~ Abraham LincolnA prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.~ Abraham Lincoln Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print