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"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."
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"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."

"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."

"To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world."

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."

"Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect."

"We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that."

"I stick my neck out for nobody. I'm the only cause I'm interested in."

"The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery."
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"There can be little doubt that absence from work, and inefficient work, are frequently due to intemperance."


"Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier."


"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."


"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."


"In the twelve months immediately preceding the outbreak; of war, the quantity of spirits, both domestic and imported released for sale in Canada, amounted to over three and a half million proof gallons."


"Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war."


"On behalf of the federal government, I wish now publicly to appeal to the provinces to lend their co-operation in furthering our country's war effort by effecting at as early a date as may be possible this much needed restriction."
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