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Honest Abe
"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."
Abraham Lincoln (1809-65) U.S. President.
Speech, 18 Dec. 1840, to Illinois House of Representatives
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ISO, Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, actively pursuing God, and to free the non violent prisoners of WOD.
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