"To accept the principal that "all power proceeds from the barrel of a gun" is to accept a society which will be dominated by those with the biggest guns."

“In Washington they have their hawks and doves and in Ottawa we have our parrots.”

“The Future of Medicare”

“Houdini used to pull rabbits out of a hat, but he never tried to make a living out of selling them when he had pulled them out of the hat”

“The speech from the throne speaks about maintaining peace - peace today, when Canadian nickel is being indirectly shipped to Ethiopia. Peace today, when Italian aeroplanes are being flown with British oil! Peace! Mr. Speaker, if this be peace it must be like the peace of the Lord - it passeth all understanding.”

“My friends, watch out for the little fellow with an idea." - Tommy Douglas 1961.”

“We agree with the statement contained in the encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, written by Pope Leo XIII, that "anything which dominates the life of the community should be owned by the community." That is the basis upon which we believe there should be government ownership of monopolistic enterprises.”