A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

These are great days.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

I only believe in statistics that I doctored myself

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.

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.

The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope.