Fiorello LaGuardia Quotes

Prohibition cannot be enforced for the simple reason that the majority of American people do not want it enforced and are resisting its enforcement.

Fiorello LaGuardia

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• Prohibition cannot be enforced for the simple reason that the majority of American people do not want it enforced and are resisting its enforcement.

  

  Fiorello LaGuardia
  • People
  • American
  • Simple