"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, Canadian Politician

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"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."

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