I feel religion is basically and essentially a communication between a man and his God and I think it is the most personal thing of all and I don't think it concerns too many people.

I think we have to realize that Canada is not immortal; but, if it is going to go, let it go with a bang rather than a whimper.

What sets a canoeing expedition apart is that it purifies you more rapidly and inescapably than any other. Travel a thousand miles by train and you are a brute; pedal five hundred on a bicycle and you remain basically a bourgeois; paddle a hundred in a canoe and you are already a child of nature.

When they are 50 yards from Parliament Hill, they are no longer honourable members, they are just nobodies.

Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.

Power only tires those who don't exercise it.

If I found in my own ranks that a certain number of guys wanted to cut my throat, I'd make sure that I cut their throats first.