Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes.” ~ Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th US PresidentSource: Questionable. Supposedly from a speech, 18 Dec. 1840, to Illinois House of Representatives . No source has been confirmed. Believed to have been written by former Mayor of Atlanta, Anti-Prohibition campaign manager, Col. John B. Goodwin, 1887see: http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/lincoln.htm