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The Odd Whisky Coy's
Testamonials
Joseph Chamberlain, the great English statesman,
says of whisky:
"If there is in the whole
of this business any single encouraging feature it is to be found
in the gathering impatience of the people at the burden which they
are bound to bear, and their growing indignation and sense of shame
and disgrace which this imposes upon them. The fiery serpent of
drink is destroying our people, and now they are awaiting with longing
eyes the uplifting of the remedy"
Robert G Ingersoll's opinion of whisky:
" I am aware that there
is a prejudice against any man engaged in the manufacture of alcohol.
I believe, from the time it issues from the coiled and poisoned
worm in the distillery until it enters into the hell of death, dishonour,
and crime, that it dishonours everybody who touches it - from its
source to where it ends. I do not believe anybody can contemplate
the subject without becoming prejudiced against the liquor crime.
All we have to do is to think of the wrecks on either side of the
stream, of the suicides, of the insanity, of the ignorance, of the
destitution produced by the devilish thing. And when you think of
the jails, of the almshouses, of the asylums, of the prisons, of
the scaffolds upon either bank, I do not wonder that every thoughtful
man is prejudiced against the damned stuff called alcohol."
Martin Luther:
"Whoever first brewed
beer has prepared a pest for Germany. I have prayed to God that
He would destroy the whole brewing industry. I have often pronounced
a curse on the brewer. All Germany could live on the barley that
is spoiled and turned into a curse by the brewer."
Henry Ward Beecher:
" Every year I live increases
my conviction that the use of intoxicating drinks is a greater destroying
force to life and virtue that all other physical evils combined."
Archbishop Ireland:
"The great cause of social
crime is drink. The great cause of poverty is drink. When I hear
of a family broken up and ask the cause - drink. If I go to the
gallows and ask its victim the cause, the answer - drink. Then I
ask myself in perfect wonderment, why do not men put a stop to this
thing?"
Dr J Starr, Chaplain Ohio Penitentiary:
"The records show that
1,250 persons have been received into this institution during the
last eighteen months. Of these 930 acknowledge themselves to have
been intemperate."
Queen of Madagascar:
"I cannot consent, as
your Queen, to take revenue from the sale of liquor, which destroys
the souls and bodies of my subjects."
The Supreme Court of South Carolina, in the case
of the State ex rel. George vs Aiken, said:
"Liquor in its nature
is dangerous to the morals, good order, health, and safety of the
people, and is not to be placed on the same footing with the ordinary
commodities of life, such as corn, wheat, cotton, potatoes, etc."
Bob the Camel:
"Whisky rocks, but not
as much as Fezzes"
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