Excerpt from Fifty Arguments in Favor of Sustaining and Enforcing the Massachusetts Anti-Liquor Law

It is a principle recognized in all civilized communities, that society has the right to protect, by legal enactments, the health, lives, and moral interests of its citizens. This right is acknowledged in every government, legislature, and court in Christendom, and is an inherent element in the organization of society. It cannot be drawn into controversy. It cannot be disputed Without assailing the basis upon which society rests.

This right extends not only to the enactment of general laws for self-protection, the execution of penalties, the appointment of a body of police, and the raising of armies for suppressing rebellion or resisting foreign invaders, but also to every thing that tends to injure society.

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