"In claiming that prohibition, not the drugs themselves, is the problem, Nadelmann and many others - even policemen - have said that "the war on drugs is lost." But to demand a yes or no answer to the question "Is the war against drugs being won?" is like demanding a yes or no answer to the question "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" Never can an unimaginative and fundamentally stupid metaphor have exerted a more baleful effect upon proper thought."

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Source : Theodore Dalrymple (2005). “Our Culture, What's Left of it: The Mandarins and the Masses”, Ivan R Dee

Theodore Dalrymple

#War Quotes #Stupid Quotes #Wife Quotes

“It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that.”

Source : "This much I know" by Malcolm McLaren, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 2008.
“Do your kids a favor: Love your spouse.”
“The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.”
“An artist should always bite the hand that feeds him - but not too hard.”
“Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past.”
“I was about six years old, still Daddy's little girl, even though Daddy couldn't care less about me. How could I expect any man every would?”
“Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.”

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