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I am not a member of any temperance society; but I am temperate, in this, that I don’t drink anything.

I promise ... to abstain from all kinds of intoxicating drink, unless used medically.

Since the creation of the world there has been no tyrant like Intemperance, and no slaves so cruelly treated as his.

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

Abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.

As regards the use of wine, remember that we drink to quench thirst, and that the limit of moderation is reached when the edge of the intellect is dulled. A boy should be brought up to avoid wine…. Your own countrymen, like all northern peoples, are, I know, sore offenders in this matter of eating and drinking. But I count upon your own innate self-respect to preserve you from such bad example, and to enable you to despise the sneers and complaints of those around you.

Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine.

I didn't drink for two years.

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

Following his doctor's orders, Nikita (Khrushchev) has cut his drinking in half. He's leaving out the water.

I would fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness.

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

I am not drinking now but I cannot guarantee tomorrow.

I never stood in a public house bar and alcoholic drink never touched my lips.

Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.

If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.

The other guys drink, but they don't drink anywhere near what I used to. And I think they're slightly respectful of the fact that I'm off it, so it's not a problem.

Yes I drink, but at least I don't drink blood!

The temperance movement must include all poisonous substances which create or excite unnatural appetite, and international prohibition is the goal.

Other things being equal, I would much prefer a temperate man [for public office], to an intemperate one; still I do not make my vote depend absolutely upon the question of whether a candidate does or does not taste liquor.

That is one advantage of our time; in the highest office of the Reich we have the example of a simple and modest alcohol-and nicotine-free way of life

I don't believe in alcohol. It's a sort of a medicinal necessity for the human condition, none of that stuff. I'm not a gambling man.

I have never been drunk in my life, and I don't expect I ever will be.

I don't drink at all.

I won't touch alcohol.