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.

A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to.

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.

When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one's course having regard to prevailing winds.

I believed the people had a true instinct in most matters of government when left alone. That they were not swayed, as specially favoured individuals were, by personal interest, but rather by a sense of what best served the common good. That they recognized the truth when it was put before them, and that a leader can guide so long as he kept to the right lines. I did not think it was a mark of leadership to try to make the people do what one wanted them to do.

Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.