Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879–1973) Tamil politician and social reformer
Quoted in [.http://books.google.co.in/books?id=ibnZAAAAMAAJ Indian Journal of Social Development: An International Journal, Volume 7], p220.
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“Since the creation of the world there has been no tyrant like Intemperance, and no slaves so cruelly treated as his.”
Vol. I, p. 268
William Lloyd Garrison 1805-1879 (1885)
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