Life is a test and this world a place of trial. Always the problems - or it may be the same problem - will be presented to every generation in different forms.

A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble.

For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.

Even fools are right sometimes.

A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.

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.

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.