"Nor do we begin to have a clear……" — 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, and in loss of efficiency to the fighting and working forces of the country."
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William Lyon Mackenzie King
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37 Quotes by William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King has 37 quotes on this site.
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Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.
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Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity.
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Every hour of useful work is precious.
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I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.
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I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed…
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A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the…
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Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.
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The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
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Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to…
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The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of…
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Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.
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The people of Canada do not wish as a result of mass immigration to make a fundamental alteration in the…
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Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.
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When you live in an alcoholic family or an abusive family, you tiptoe, you don't want to step on any…
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[Smoking is] a dirty habit that should be banned from America by the Government, instead of moderate alcoholic drinking.
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Alcoholic drinks, rightly used, are good for body and soul alike, but as a restorative of both there is nothing…
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Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only one you can get yelled at for having. Goddamn it Otto, you…
— Mitch Hedberg
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My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could…
— Betty Ford
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I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
— Betty Ford
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No one will deny that the excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic beverages would do more than any other single…
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So popular is beer, the world's best-selling alcoholic drink, that it is often taken for granted. Yet scientific analysis shows…
— Michael Jackson
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The reason I'm not an alcoholic is I don't like to drink in front of the kids . . .…
— Phyllis Diller
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Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author…
— Stephen Vizinczey
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My present and most fixed opinion regarding the nature of alcoholic fermentation is this: The chemical act of fermentation is…
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