"Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself."

"There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed."

"I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past."

"A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits."

"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."

"Look, I think the worst case scenario is obvious. I think first of all it doesn't work for very long. It's an unstable government that raises taxes and destroys the image we're building for Canada as a strong place to invest."

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse."

"Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps."