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.

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.

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

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

The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.

He was beautiful in a way that pierced the heart. He was beautiful in the way the universe had been made, from darkness and silence into light and song.

So it is with grief where, if all goes well, can come a strengthening of the inner world, of memory and definition.

Every challenge that comes your way is an opportunity for you to do something remarkable.

We tend to think about fascism in terms of the Second World War.

She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister.

Look for a tree stump in the woods. Compare it to love.

If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.

In good times, people turn to Left wing parties, in bad times, they say, well, possibly Left-wing parties can't make those tough decisions... We've got to buck that trend

You must make, always. You must act, if you believe something. Talking about acting is like boasting about pictures you're going to paint. The most terrible bad form.

I suppose real old age begins when one looks backward rather than forward