-=> Quoting Alex Vasauskas to Paul Nixon <=-
 PN>  Well, so far in all of recorded history, prohibition has been a 
 PN> failure.  But heck, maybe this time...
 AV> You forgot to add a  or a ;-) there, didn't you?  Or, were
 Didn't forget, figgered it would be fairly obvious.
 AV> "Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts
 AV> to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes crimes out
 AV> of things that are not crimes.  A prohibition law strikes a blow
 AV> at the very principles upon which our government was founded."
 AV> -- Abraham Lincoln
 Hmmm, see, even a broken clock is right sometimes.
 AV> "The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered
 AV> considerably by the Prohibition law.  For nothing is more
 AV> destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land
 AV> than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret
 AV> that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely
 AV> connected with this."
 AV> -- Albert Einstein
 AV> "My First Impression of the U.S.A."
 AV> interview, 1921, reprinted in
 AV> "Ideas and Opinions" (Bonanza Books)
 While I agree, as do most historians, beware the Shokely syndrome when
 quoting a person when they're speaking outside their area of expertise.
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