It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.

Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number.

Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.

When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one's course having regard to prevailing winds.

I've always found that you can control people better if you don't see too much of them.