I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.
William Lyon Mackenzie KingThe anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter.
William Lyon Mackenzie KingIt is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.
William Lyon Mackenzie KingUntil the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.
William Lyon Mackenzie King