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.

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.

Every hour of useful work is precious.

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.

Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.