Canada Quote by William Lyon Mackenzie King

Nor do we begin to have a clear appreciation of what the increase in consumption of alcoholic beverages in wartime means in increased risk,…

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

Since the outbreak of war, there has been in our country a steady increase in the consumption of spirits, wine and beer. It is…

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

The ravages of drink are greater than those of war pestilence and famine combined.

— William E. Gladstone

Americans may be drinking fewer alcoholic beverages, but they are certainly eating more of them than ever before. Wittingly or un.

— Marian Burros

“In the first decade of the 20th century, drinking rates actually increased. The advertising of alcohol in the early 20th century was sophisticated and…

— Charles River Editors

Everyone drinks more during a recession; they want to forget.

— Christian Audigier

No one will deny that the excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic beverages would do more than any other single factor to make impossible…

— Anonymous

No longer is drinking an art with Americans; once they drank for the taste, but now they drink only for the effect. The more…

— Alice-Leone Moats

The innovations are changing now, drastically. I remember coming to Toronto from Vancouver, and on any given night in the '70s, '80s and early…

— Jim Treliving

We have witnessed the terrible increases in the incidence of alcoholism, the advent of drug dependency, the protests, marches, strikes and human alienation.

— Alex Campbell

It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.

— John Selden

“Politicians like the effect of alcohol because it makes them feel important.”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando