The most successful saloonkeepers don’t drink themselves and they understand that my temperance is a business proposition, just like their own. <smal… - George W. Plunkitt

I honestly believe that drink is the greatest curse of the day, except, of course, civil service, and that it has driven more young men to ruin than anything except civil service examinations. <small>p. 78</small>

Ought these good people be subjected to the immoral influence of money taken from the saloon tainted money? Out of respect for the tender consciences of these pious people, the Raines law ought to exempt them from all contamination from the plunder that comes from the saloon traffic. Say, mark that sarcastic. Some people who ain’t used to fine sarcasm might think I meant it. <small>p. 85</small>

The men who rule have practiced keepin’ their tongues still, not exercisin’ them. <small>p. 8</small>