I am the first prime minister of this country of neither English nor French origin. So I determined to bring about a Canadian citizenship that knew no hyphenated consideration....I'm very happy to be able to say that in the House of Commons today in my party we have members of Italian, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Chinese and Ukrainian origin and they are all Canadians.

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

Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.

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

I have always been a House of Commons man.

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

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