List of William Lyon Mackenzie King Quotes

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.

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.

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.

Self-denial And Self-discipline, However, Will Be Recognized As The Outstanding Qualities Of A Good Soldier.

Regardless Of What One's Attitude Towards Prohibition May Be, Temperance Is Something Against Which, At A Time Of War, No Reasonable Protest Can Be Made.

Each Year, Therefore, A Dollar Spent On Alcoholic Beverages Has Purchased A Smaller Quantity.

I Would Not Wish To Imply That Most Industrial Accidents Are Due To Intemperance. But, Certainly, Temperance Has Never Failed To Reduce Their Number.

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.

The Anxiety Of Most Parents In Seeing Their Sons And Daughters Enlist Does Not Lie Only In The Fear Of The Physical Dangers They May Encounter.

Fortunately, The Canadian People In All Their Habits, Are Essentially A Temperate People.

Workers In Industry Are The Partners In War Of The Fighting Forces.

Only The Man Who Disciplines Himself Strictly Can Stand For Long The Terrific Pace Of Modern War.