The United Nations was set up not to get us to heaven, but only to save us from hell.

We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.

Even the most eminent persons are subject to the laws of gravity.

That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations, as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world.

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial... I thought I knew a good deal about it all, I was sure I should not fail.

One cannot leap a chasm in two jumps.