Carrie Nation quotes
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“Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils.”
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“Faithful to the cause of Prohibition - She hath done what she could”
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“I want all hellions to quit puffing that hell fume in God's clean air.”
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“I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet.”
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“It is not possible to make a bad law. If is is bad, it is not a law.”
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“No man who drank or smoked could ever come nearer to me than the telephone. I'd say, I won't let you - you nicotine-soaked, beer-besmeared, whiskey-greased, red-eyed devil - talk to me face to face.”
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“[When asked her occupation:] Destroyer of the works of the Devil by the direct order of God.”
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“[To a priest who smoked:] What a shame for a man to dress like a saint and smell like a devil!”
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“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”
Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36
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Source : "Gil Blas". Book by Alain-René Lesage. Book VIII, Chapter 9, 1735.
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“Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.”
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“One seldom recognizes the devil when he is putting his hand on your shoulder.”
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