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“The resolution reflected a political party that had lost its principles and, frankly, seemed to be led by morons.”
― Liz Cheney, Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

“while Harry Anslinger claimed to be fighting the Mafia, he was in fact transferring a massive and highly profitable industry into their exclusive control.”
― Johann Hari, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs

“If Gosar really believed there was enough fraud in the Arizona election to overturn it and throw out millions of votes, I wondered how he could have voted—as he did less than 72 hours earlier—to recognize his own victory and officially seat himself.”
― Liz Cheney, Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

“When Harry and Arnold and Billie were born, drugs were freely available throughout the world. You could go to any American pharmacy and buy products made from the same ingredients as heroin and cocaine. The most popular cough mixtures11 in the United States contained opiates, a new soft drink called Coca-Cola was made from the same plant as snortable cocaine, and over in Britain, the classiest department stores sold heroin tins for society women.”
― Johann Hari, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs