Quotes

I love these few quotes.

"If you mean whiskey, 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 that
evil drink that topples Christian men and women from the pinnacles of righteous and
gracious living into the bottomless pits of degradation, shame, despair, helplessness,
and hopelessness, then, my friend, I am opposed to it with every fiber of my being.
However, if by whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the
elixir of life, the ale that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts
a song in their hearts and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean
Christmas cheer, the stimulating sip that puts a little spring in the step of an
elderly gentleman on a frosty morning; if you mean that drink that enables man to
magnify his joy, and to forget life's great tragedies and heartbreaks and sorrow;
if you mean that drink the sale of which pours into our treasuries untold millions
of dollars each year, that provides tender care for our little crippled children,
our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitifully aged and infirm, to build the finest
highways, hospitals, universities, and community colleges in this nation, then my
friend, I am absolutely, unequivocally in favor of it. This is my position, and as
always, I refuse to be compromised on matters of principle.
(Address to the legislature by a Mississippi state senator, 1958, "Whiskey Speech")
"The proper drinking of Scotch whisky is more than indulgence: it is a toast to civilization,
a tribute to the continuity of culture, a manifesto of man’s determination to use
the resources of nature to refresh mind and body and enjoy to the full the senses
with which he has been endowed."
(David Daiches, Scotch Whisky 1969)
"There are two things a Highlander likes naked, and one of them is malt whisky."
(Scottish proverb.)