Quotes about Prohibition
And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.
— Ezekiel 44:2
No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
— Ezekiel 44:21
The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
— Ezekiel 44:31
They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.
— Ezekiel 48:14
I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers.
— Micah 5:12
And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
— Mark 11:16
“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
— Colossians 2:21
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
— 1 Timothy 4:3
Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.
— Michael Douglas
I have always claimed America didn't want a drink as bad as they wanted the right to take a drink if they did happen to want one.
— Will Rogers
Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners.
— Charles Dickens