Temperance Quotes

“Of all the plagues with which the world is curst, Of every ill, a drunkard is the worst.”

“Intemperance is the sin of our land, and, with our boundless prosperity, is coming in upon us like a flood.”

“No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger.”

“Let us learn to be masters of our appetites.”

“The cups that cheer but not inebriate.”

“I am a teetotaller... I believe that drink is the curse of the country.”

“Call things by their right names... Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name: ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.”

“I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.”

“Men are nicotine-soaked, beer-besmirched, whiskey-greased, red-eyed devils.”

“Good morning, destroyer of men's souls.”

“The saloon is the sum of all villainies. It is worse than slavery.”

“The liquor traffic is a cancer in society.”

“Let not your meat be your god.”

“Let not thy table be a snare to thee.”

“Nothing is cheaper than sobriety.”

“The first and most radical evil of the saloon is the fact that it is a place of temptation.”

“To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils.”

“Intemperance is the leprosy of the soul.”