 Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription. |
| Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier. |
| There can be little doubt that absence from work, and inefficient work, are frequently due to intemperance. |
| Temperance is essential, if the services of men and women are to be employed to the best and most useful effect according, to the physical capacity and ability of each. Nothing less will assure a total effort. |
| Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war. |
| Since the outbreak of war, there has been in our country a steady increase in the consumption of spirits, wine and beer. It is estimated that in dollar volume, the annual outlay is now practically double what it was before the war. |
| Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government. |
| No one will deny that the excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic beverages would do more than any other single factor to make impossible a total war effort. |
| Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war. |
| The increased consumption of alcoholic beverages in Canada since the outbreak of war is one evidence of this. |
| If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom. |
| It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government. |
| Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people. |
| I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent. |
| Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones. |
