Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities. William Lyon Mackenzie King Read Quote
As to the advantages of temperance in the training of the armed forces and of its benefits to the members of the forces themselves, there can be no doubt in the world. William Lyon Mackenzie King Read Quote
No one will deny that the excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic beverages would do more than any other single factor to make impossible a total war effort. William Lyon Mackenzie King Read Quote
Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity. William Lyon Mackenzie King Read Quote
When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war. William Lyon Mackenzie King Read Quote
If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom. William Lyon Mackenzie King Read Quote
For one cause or another, it has become necessary to impose restrictions upon the use of many commodities, including not a few of the necessities of life. William Lyon Mackenzie King Read Quote
There can be little doubt that absence from work, and inefficient work, are frequently due to intemperance. William Lyon Mackenzie King Read Quote
Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people. William Lyon Mackenzie King Read Quote