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Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.

- William Lyon Mackenzie King

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Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.

- William Lyon Mackenzie King

Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.

- William Lyon Mackenzie King

It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.

- William Lyon Mackenzie King

The increased consumption of alcoholic beverages in Canada since the outbreak of war is one evidence of this.

- William Lyon Mackenzie King

Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity.

- William Lyon Mackenzie King

For one cause or another, it has become necessary to impose restrictions upon the use of many commodities, including not a few of the necessities of life.

- William Lyon Mackenzie King

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