Top 17 John Diefenbaker Quotes
#2. I'm disturbed because the doctors tell me I'm as sound as a dollar.
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#5. There can be no dedication to Canada's future without a knowledge of its past.
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#6. I have one love - Canada; one purpose - Canada's greatness; one aim - Canadian unity from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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#7. In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination.
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#8. That one never asks a question unless he knows the answer is basic to parliamentary questioning.
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#9. You can't stand up for Canada with a banana for a backbone.
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#10. I've got all of my enemies here in the Cabinet where I can keep an eye on them.
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#11. I was criticized for being too much concerned with the average Canadians. I can't help that; I am one of them!
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#12. One moment it's a cathedral, at another time there is no words to describe it when it ceases, for short periods of time, to have any regard for the proprieties that constitute not only Parliament, but its tradition. I've seen it in all its greatness. I have inwardly wept over it when it is degraded.
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#13. When you come to Parliament on your first day, you wonder how you ever got here. After that, you wonder how the other 263 members got here.
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#14. Parliament is more than procedure - it is the custodian of the nation's freedom.
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#15. I have an intensive hatred for discrimination based on colour.
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#16. We must vigilantly stand on guard within our own borders for human rights and fundamental freedoms which are our proud heritage ... w e cannot take for granted the continuance and maintenance of those rights and freedoms.
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#17. I've lived history. I've made history, and I know I'll have my place in history. That's not egoism.
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