The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.

Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.

Until 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.

I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.

For one cause or another, it has become necessary to impose restrictions upon the use of many commodities, including not a few of the necessities of life.

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

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