The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.

A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to.

Usury once in control will wreck the nation.

From the outset of the war, the Canadian people have clearly shown that it is their desire to help in every way to make Canadas war effort as effective as possible.

It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.

Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.

Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.

Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.

When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one's course having regard to prevailing winds.

Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.

The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.

The best thing we could have done for Afghanistan was to get out of our Humvees and drink more green chai. We should have focused less on finding the enemy, and more on finding our friends.

We shall all respect the principle of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act oppression to any portion of the people

Life is an endless sea of admiration, in constant collision with those who have aspired, to feel inspired once again.

It's impossible having five, six, seven people in a room being creative together and not fight, because you want to fight. It's the only way creativity works, if you all put your ideas in.

I guess I'm just fiercely independent.

I think we can build democracy in Pakistan. But it will take time. And it will be a Pakistani democracy. Not one that's imposed by...someone else.

Excess always carries it's own retributions.

I don't think there is a role that I did twenty years ago that I couldn't do better now.

Psychedelic experiences and dreams are chemical cousins; they are only different in degree.

Writing is no respecter of blueprints.