“I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”

—  Winston S. Churchill

As cited in The Forbes Book of Business Quotations (2007), Ed. Goodwin, Black Dog Publishing, p. 49, ISBN 1579127215
Post-war years (1945–1955)
Variant: I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1874–1965

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