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abstinence action activity alcohol anti-saloon forces Anti-Saloon League anti-saloon movement aroused become beer beverage cause Christian Christian democracy churches cial cities citizens civilization conviction coöperate coördinate counties court crime criminal demand dramshop drink habit duty effective effort enacted enforce the laws ethical existence fact federated fight high license hundred ical individual influence intemperance interests intoxicants intoxicating liquors leaders legislation Legislature likewise Liquor Dealers liquor organ liquor traffic liquor-dealers loon ment method nation offenders officers party paupers political principle of local principles prohibition public conscience public officials public opinion public sentiment question reform movements Republican party responsibility saloon evil saloon forces saloon problem saloon suppression saloon-keeper says secure social agencies social betterment social ideal social redemption social reform social wrongs society spirit suppress the saloon temperance temperance organization tion trade traf truth United vote whisky York City
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Page 21 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think ; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Page 125 - God give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands. Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie...
Page 86 - Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this...
Page 105 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 125 - Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have Honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And Damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog in public duty and in private thinking; For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds, Their large professions and their little deeds, Mingle in selfish strife, Lo! freedom weeps, Wrong rules the...
Page 5 - Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity...
Page 133 - To redress the deprivation, under color of any State law, statute, ordinance, regulation, custom or usage, of any right, privilege or immunity secured by the Constitution of the United States...
Page 147 - Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by others.
Page 102 - I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch— AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Page 66 - By the general concurrence of opinion of every civilized and Christian community, there are few sources of crime and misery to society equal to the dramshop, where Intoxicating liquors, in small quantities, to be drunk at the time, are sold indiscriminately to all parties applying.