"I have an intensive hatred for discrimination based on colour."

“Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.”

“Well, Mr. Prime Minister, I can't waste any more time on you. I must get back to work.”

“Everyone is against me - except the people!”

“There can be no dedication to Canada's future without a knowledge of its past.”

“I was criticized for being too much concerned with the average Canadians. I can't help that; I am one of them!”

“Some wonder why I have such a feeling of concern over the imposition of the death penalty. I ask those who wonder how would you feel if you defended a man charged with murder, who was as innocent as any hon. member in this House at this very moment, who was convicted; whose appeal was dismissed, who was executed; and six months later the star witness for the Crown admitted that he, himself, had committed the murder and blamed it on the accused? That experience will never be effaced from my memory.”