Daniel Okrent

New York repealed its version of the amendment in 1922. So from that point forward, New York officially was not supporting prohibition.

Which is another way of saying we're going to use it for political payoffs.

Harry Doherty, the Attorney General, who was the immediate boss to Mabel Willebrand, he was A, a drunk, and B, corrupt. One of the craziest stories you hear about, like an incredibly successful defense attorney becomes the biggest bootlegger ever. The fact that there were only 2,600 prohibition agents covering the entire Canadian border, the Mexican border, and both coasts, it's ridiculous.

She was a very serious woman. You don't say, Daniel Okrent. She woke up every day, the first thing she did was take an ice-cold bath, which gives an indication, I think, of how tough she was.