Temperance Quotes
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Ultimately the success of any nonproliferation strategy requires a universal standard. Washington's "Do as I say, not as I do" approach lacks moral authority and is seen as hypocritical. It is like preaching temperance from a bar stool.
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If any young man wants to be a true temperance man let him go and get the delirium tremens, that'll settle it.
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Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war.
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Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness.
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Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.
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(on Katharine Hepburn) She talks at you as though you were a microphone; she lectured the hell out of me on temperance and the evils of drink. She doesn't give a damn how she looks. I don't think she tries to be a character. I think she is one.
