Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist
Source: god is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
“Prohibition of desire leads to desire for prohibition.”
Source: Slavoj Žižek: Wokeness, Psychoanalysis, and Quantum Mechanics | Robinson's Podcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxmZ4AVac7U
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Context: All “inspired books,” teaching that what the supernatural commands is right, and right because commanded, and that what the supernatural prohibits is wrong, and wrong because prohibited, are absurdly unphilosophic. And all “inspired books,” teaching that only those who obey the commands of the supernatural are, or can be, truly virtuous, and that unquestioning faith will be rewarded with eternal joy, are grossly immoral. Again I say: Intelligence is the only moral guide.
“Every general prohibition creates its bootleggers.”
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Source: Time Enough for Love
“Prohibiting something doesn't make it go away.”
Jesse Ventura (1951) American politician and former professional wrestler
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Context: We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free — if we were, we'd allow people their freedom. Prohibiting something doesn't make it go away. Prostitution is criminal, and bad things happen because it's run illegally by dirt-bags who are criminals. If it's legal, then the girls could have health checks, unions, benefits, anything any other worker gets, and it would be far better.
Sam Keen (1931) author, professor, and philosopher
Source: The Passionate Life (1983), p. 138
“Communism is like prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
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“Any kind of manipulation with human embryos should be prohibited.”
Ian Wilmut (1944) embryologist
As quoted in "Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume?" by Andrew Ross in Salon (February 1997).