The people of Canada do not wish as a result of mass immigration to make a fundamental alteration in the character of our population. Large scale immigration from the Orient would change the fundamental composition of the Canadian population.

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

Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.

For one cause or another, it has become necessary to impose restrictions upon the use of many commodities, including not a few of the necessities of life.

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number.

Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.