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was the way that the Nation should continue.

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As a matter of fact, the claim was that Prohibition was actually taking money from the Federal coffers

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and handing it over to the likes of Al Capone.

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As Maureen Ogle, again, records in, when I was sitting at my desk today writing this,

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I thought this is the story of beer, it's a barley epic - and she says "Roosevelt announced during his campaign

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it was time to correct the stupendous blunder that was Prohibition.

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Prohibition was appealed - repealed - 75 years ago tomorrow, people went back to drink after work

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many of them, or people went back to work and then after work they went home to have a drink.

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Bringing us to the 1930s, which I just wanted to wrap up with my top 10 favorite quotes that have been attributed to W.C. Fields.

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"A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have to the decency to thank her."

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"Drown in a cold vat of whiskey, death where's thy sting."

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"I like to keep a bottle of stimulants handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy."

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"I must have a drink of breakfast."

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"If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon."

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"Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live on - live for days - on nothing but food and water."

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"Set up another case bartender, the best thing for a case of nerves is a case of scotch."

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This one is my favorite - "Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch."

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"The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart."

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And then the last, not actually directly related to alcohol, but still a really brilliant thing,

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"My illness is due to my doctor's insistence that I drink milk, a whitish fluid they force down helpless babies."

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Thank you all for coming out tonight. [[clapping]]

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Transcription Notes:
[00:17:23] "Drown in a vat, a cold vat of whiskey, death where's thy sting."