Carrie Nation Quotes


If you will not enforce the law, I will.


Context

Selling alcohol and running saloons were against the law then in Kansas but there was no effort to enforce it anywhere in Kansas. Carrie Nation went into saloons and literally smashed the classes, signs, mirrors and furniture with an ax.


Citations

Carry Nation,1846–1911, Temperance & Prohibition Leader, Statement to the Governor of Kansas

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Carrie Nation
Carrie Nation
  • Born: November 25, 1846
  • Died: June 9, 1911
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Activist

Caroline Amelia Nation, often referred to by Carrie or Carry Nation, was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition. Nation is noted for attacking alcohol-serving establishments (most often taverns) with a hatchet.