But popular sentiment, in England at least, would not, in my judgment, approve a law forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquor; and its chief result would be to direct the minds of thousands to the problem of ways and means of evading the law.
Laski discusses the potential backlash against laws that prohibit alcohol, suggesting they may lead to widespread evasion rather than compliance.
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