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Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli. ↗

— Howard Zinn

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In the lead up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility, at worse, lying, incompetence and corruption. ↗

— Anthony Zinni

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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. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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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. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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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. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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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. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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The increased consumption of alcoholic beverages in Canada since the outbreak of war is one evidence of this. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level. ↗

— Karen Kingsbury

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So why do we worry? Why do we worry about food and clothing About finances and money? About security and the needs of life? We have Jehovah-Rohi! We have the Lord as our caring Shepherd. When fears regarding the cares of this world set in, we need to confidently lean on God's promise to care for us. Then we can declare to God, "Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You" (Psalm 56:3) ↗

— Elizabeth George

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