The Wisdom of Winston Churchill on Whisky (What poetry...)

Sir Winston Churchill was once asked about his position on whisky.

Here's how he answered:

"If you mean whisky, 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
men and women  from the pinnacles of righteous and gracious living
into the  bottomless pit of degradation, shame, despair, helplessness,
and hopelessness, then, my friend, I am opposed to it with every fibre
of my being.

"However, if by whisky 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 good 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 pounds 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 compromise on
matters of principle."