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

Politics is a game requiring great coolness.

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

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

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.

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

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