The money quote on liquor that shows why I truly hate politicians:

 

"If, when you say whiskey, you mean the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, yea, literally takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean the evil drink that topples the Christian man and woman from the pinnacles of righteous, gracious living into the bottomless pit of degradation and despair, shame and helplessness and hopelessness, then certainly I am against it with all my power.


 

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia, 'Century Gothic', tahoma, verdana;font-size:12.8px;">But if, when you say whiskey, you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the stuff that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and laughter on their lips and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer; if you mean the stimulating drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman's step on a frosty morning; if you mean the drink that enables a man to magnify his joy, and his happiness and to forget, if only for a little while, life's great tragedies and heartbreaks and sorrows, if you mean that drink, the sale of which pours into our treasuries untold millions of dollars, which are used to provide tender care for our little children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitiful aged and infirm, to build highways, hospitals, and schools, then certainly I am in favor of it.


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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia, 'Century Gothic', tahoma, verdana;font-size:12.8px;">This is my stand. I will not retreat from it; I will not compromise." - Noah S. "Soggy" Sweat, Jr., Mississippi State Senator, 1952

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