As for politics, well, it all seemed reasonable enough. When the Conservatives got in anywhere, [Judge] Pepperleigh laughed and enjoyed it, simply because it does one good to see a straight, fine, honest fight where the best man wins. When a Liberal got in, it made him mad, and he said so,-not, mind you; from any political bias, for his office forbid it,-but simply because one can't bear to see the country go absolutely to the devil.

Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive.

The sorrows and disasters of Europe always brought fortune to America.

I admit that when the facts are not good enough, I always exaggerate them.

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.

To write well it is first necessary to have something to say.

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.