Species Status

Famous quotes containing the words species and/or status:

“Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it 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. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)