it makes a great difference to a speaker whether he has something to say, or has to say something.

War is a crime committed by men and, therefore, when enough people say it shall not be, it cannot be.

I am a believer in women, in their ability to do things and in their influence and power. Women set the standards for the world, and it is for us, women in Canada, to set the standards high.

Have we not the brains to think? Hands to work? Hearts to feel? And lives to live?

Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.

No nation ever rises higher than its women.

People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future.