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There can be no dedication to Canada's future without a knowledge of its past. — John Diefenbaker

Everyone is against me - except the people! — John Diefenbaker

Our reason is always disappointed by the inconstancy of appearances. — Blaise Pascal

Choosing colours should not be a gamble. It should be a conscious decision. Colours have a meaning and a function. — Verner Panton

I've lived history. I've made history, and I know I'll have my place in history. That's not egoism. — John Diefenbaker

The Liberals are the flying saucers of politics. No one can make head nor tail of them and they never are seen twice in the same place. — John G. Diefenbaker

All businesses make mistakes. The trick is to avoid large ones. — Carlos Slim

He who does not know the past can never understand the present, and he certainly can do nothing for the future. — John G. Diefenbaker

The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others. — Brian Mulroney

You can't stand up for Canada with a banana for a backbone. — John Diefenbaker

That one never asks a question unless he knows the answer is basic to parliamentary questioning. — John Diefenbaker

I have always been a House of Commons man. — John Diefenbaker

As far as humanity is concerned the origin of stupidity is itself. — William C. Brown

I have an intensive hatred for discrimination based on colour. — John Diefenbaker

One neither of us could bear. Life sometimes puts so much weight on our shoulders we crumble, bends us so far we break. — A.L. Jackson

I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian. — John G. Diefenbaker

I've got all of my enemies here in the Cabinet where I can keep an eye on them. — John Diefenbaker

Parliament is more than procedure - it is the custodian of the nation's freedom. — John Diefenbaker

But I had made contact with a different planet from the one my parents or sister lived on. It was a planet where an act of violence changed your life. — Alice Sebold

One should make one's life a mosaic. Let the general design be good, the colors lively, and the materials diversified ... — Marthe Bibesco

I'm disturbed because the doctors tell me I'm as sound as a dollar. — John Diefenbaker

The common interests very largely elude public opinion entirely, and can be managed only by a specialised class. — Walter Lippmann

In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination. — John Diefenbaker

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. — John Diefenbaker

I was criticized for being too much concerned with the average Canadians. I can't help that; I am one of them! — John Diefenbaker

I was a stranger in a familiar land. — John Connolly

I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway. — Nigel Kneale

Those who do not forgive history are assigned to repeat it until compassion replaces judgment. — Alan Cohen

Principles and their consequences are always constant. — Sunday Adelaja

I have one love - Canada; one purpose - Canada's greatness; one aim - Canadian unity from the Atlantic to the Pacific. — John Diefenbaker

I am so excited about Canadians ruling the world. — John Diefenbaker