Alcohol Control Quotes

Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless, we have improved man's lot and enriched his civilization with rye, bourbon and the Martini cocktail. In all history has any other nation done so much?

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

I work very hard to keep on an even keel as far as alcohol is concerned.

This has been a clear mandate to Congress to end, as soon as possible, the tragic folly of federal prohibition.

That no measures will avail short of rendering ardent spirits a contraband of trade is nearly self evident.

I am a temperance Republican down to my toes.

In view of the well known facts that the sale and use in the Army of the United States of intoxicating liquors is the cause of such demoralization among both men and officers, and that such sale and use give rise to a very large proportion of the cases before general and garrison courts martial, involving great expense and serious injury to the service, it is therefore directed that the Secretary of War take suitable steps, as far as practicable consistent with vested rights, to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors (as a beverage) at the camps, forts, and other posts of the army.

I thought that the league-imposed restriction on drinking had expired at the end of the regular season.

Evidence...proves that prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it.

It's absolutely absurd to even consider voting on Sunday alcohol sales. I am opposed to alcohol period. It doesn't do anybody any good in the long run. It's a dangerous drug.

The temperance movement must include all poisonous substances which create or excite unnatural appetite, and international prohibition is the goal.

The 21st Amendment gives the states the right to decide what the drinking ages should be and other aspects relative to alcoholic beverages, and I support that. As a United States senator, I want to weigh in - this is not my agenda.

There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.

How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?