Don't recall seeing this here in the past, as I'd have expected! One of my docs shared with me last week. Welcome to MS!
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My friends, I had not intended to discuss this controversial subject at this particular time. However, I want you to know that I do not shun controversy. On the contrary, I will take a stand on any issue at any time, regardless of how fraught with controversy it might be. You have asked me how I feel about whiskey. All right, this is how I feel about whiskey:
If when you say whiskey you mean the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster, that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, 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 pinnacle of righteous, gracious living into the bottomless pit of degradation, and despair, and shame and helplessness, and hopelessness, then certainly I am against it.
But, if when you say whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the ale 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, crispy morning; if you mean the drink which enables a man to magnify his joy, and his happiness, and to forget, if only for a little while, life's great tragedies, and heartaches, 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 crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitiful aged and infirm; to build highways and hospitals and schools, then certainly I am for it.
This is my stand. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise.
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You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02
October 17, 2017, 02:20 PM
Gustofer
Can't say that I disagree.
________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
October 17, 2017, 02:52 PM
Spokane228
October 17, 2017, 04:10 PM
JALLEN
This was attributed to one Armon M. Sweat, Jr, member of the Texas Legislature in or about 1952.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
October 17, 2017, 05:50 PM
Georgeair
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Originally posted by JALLEN: This was attributed to one Armon M. Sweat, Jr, member of the Texas Legislature in or about 1952.
With all due respect to my home of the prior 6 years and acknowledging that Wikipedia isn't a citable source, I do think I'll rely on that source over one called "Texas Bob"... that seeks to attribute it to a Texan.
