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

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.

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.

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.

What is the difference between a cactus and a conservative caucus? On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside.

I have always been a House of Commons man.

I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian.