Word: ams
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"I am opposed to National Prohibition. ... I think it is a mixing of the National Government in a matter that should be one of local settlement. I think sumptuary laws are matters for parochial adjustment. I think it will vest in the National Government, and those who administer it, so...
"I am opposed to the presence of laws on the statute book that cannot be enforced and as such demoralize the enforcement of all laws. ... I am not in favor of a national amendment which should force twelve or fifteen great States into a sumptuary system which the public opinion...
Stormed Mr. Justice Humphreys, in his charge to the jury: "Perjury and foul perjury has been committed in this court. . . . Your duty is to say whether you are satisfied whether the perjury is on the side of these two constables. If so you ought to convict them. . . . I am not...
"When I am nervous," replied President-elect von Hindenburg, "I whistle."
"The Graf Zeppelin is not a fair weather ship," Dr. Eckener explained. "She demonstrated that . . . but I am not going to pick out the worst day to start for America. . . . Moreover the weather will determine whether we travel 4,000 miles or 6,000 miles. . . . Naturally I would like best...