, ?# OUR pretended, fear lest error should step in is like the man £ J. who wouU ke ep all wine out of the country lest men should be drunk., It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deny a man the liberty he has by nature upon a supposition that he may abuse it. William E. Gladstone L_| OW can *» who have drunk g° wine and bitter beer all my "" *"" " "" r ~~~ B °°* 11 life, in a comfortable room, and among my friends, coolly stand up and advise hard-working fellow-creatures to take the pledge? Ahr'ham Lincoln tno ' se accusing General Grant of getting drunk will tell ""° D " " "'' "" «mc where he gets his whisky, I will get a lot of it'and send it-around to some of the other Generals who are badly in need of something of the sort. v > a* •/#„_■ TV TO man denies that best things may be abused; but it is a rule " d>oßlll IVilllvTt J ; «_«=*-«-«. — resulting from many pregnant experiences that wiiat doth most harm in the abusing, used rightly doth most good. And , - such a good to take away from honest men, for being abused by such as abuse all things, is the greatest abuse of all. \ .- ■Joseph Chamberlain A NYTHING in the nature of compulsory prohibition of drink- *"'"'■■ ■ " /aing is absolutely impossible; and :it only leads to drinking in worse forms than under the old system. I have seen Stale • Prohibition at work in the United States, "■ * John Bright IT is not the power of Parliament by an Act of Parliament to «_«. _ i change the habits of the people. .., . , It would fail absolutely and become a dead letter. * John Quincy Adams QEEK not to enforce upon your brother by legislative enact- """*"" Vment the virtue that he can possess only by the dictates of his own conscience, and the energy of his will. , J , , „„ . »*.,» T^ROHIBITION —so monstrous a principle is far more, dan- •»- John Stuart Mtll I-* . . t i ru «/ *v — . X gerous than any single interference with there is no ; violation of which it would not justify* ■ . ■ ' . '</ ' * Leaders in Statesmanship,; Industry, Art, ( Literature and Science have never .■, } been supporters of Prohibition ! WKVOTE. (■ _ ■ ■ fke National ocimeH of She UtmtA Trade 6/ New Zeala ' u - : h*k:i^£*^^^
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 293, 11 October 1922, Page 7
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369Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 293, 11 October 1922, Page 7
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