John A. Macdonald Quotes

Politics is a game requiring great coolness.

Let us be French, let us be English, but most importantly let us be Canadian!

When a man has done me an evil turn once, I don't like to give him the opportunity to do so twice.

When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say We are going to have a summer shower.

Give me better wood and I will make you a better cabinet.

Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!

Confederation is only yet in the gristle, and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone.

Anybody may support me when I am right. What I want is someone that will support me when I am wrong.

A new Member requires the experience of his first session in the House to teach him how to hang up his overcoat and take his seat in a manner befitting a gentlemen.