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> [I'm sure that the standard of public morality we've helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/i-m-sure-that-the-standard-of-public-morality-we-ve-helped-build-will/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

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## More by Tommy Douglas

> [I am proud that my daughter believes, as I do, that hungry children should be fed whether they are Black Panthers or White Republicans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/i-am-proud-that-my-daughter-believes-as-i-do-that-hungry-children/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [In Washington they have their hawks and doves and in Ottawa we have our parrots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/in-washington-they-have-their-hawks-and-doves-and-in-ottawa-we-have/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [My dream is for people around the world to look up and to see Canada like a little jewel sitting at the top of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/my-dream-is-for-people-around-the-world-to-look-up-and-to-see-canada/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [A recession is when your neighbour has to tighten his belt. A depression is when you have to tighten your own belt. And a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/a-recession-is-when-your-neighbour-has-to-tighten-his-belt-a/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [To accept the principal that "all power proceeds from the barrel of a gun" is to accept a society which will be dominated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/to-accept-the-principal-that-all-power-proceeds-from-the-barrel-of-a/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [We are all in this world together, and the only test of our character that matters is how we look after the least fortunate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/we-are-all-in-this-world-together-and-the-only-test-of-our-character/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/setting-people-to-spy-on-one-another-is-not-the-way-to-protect-freedom/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [If ever we needed in this country to adopt a new attitude towards homosexuality, this is the time. Instead of treating it as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/if-ever-we-needed-in-this-country-to-adopt-a-new-attitude-towards/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [I am sure that hon. members will realize that I am not drawing on my imagination when I state that last fall there were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/i-am-sure-that-hon-members-will-realize-that-i-am-not-drawing-on-my/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [He was the only man I ever knew who could get money from the rich and votes from the poor with the promise to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/he-was-the-only-man-i-ever-knew-who-could-get-money-from-the-rich-and/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [ The \[Liberal\] federal government's trouble is that they have a wishbone where they should have a backbone. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/the-liberal-federal-government-s-trouble-is-that-they-have-a-wishbone/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [Courage, my friends; 'tis not too late to build a better world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/courage-my-friends-tis-not-too-late-to-build-a-better-world/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [We agree with the statement contained in the encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, written by Pope Leo XIII, that "anything which dominates the life of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/we-agree-with-the-statement-contained-in-the-encyclical-quadragesimo/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [The greatest way to defend democracy is to make it work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/the-greatest-way-to-defend-democracy-is-to-make-it-work/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

> [I came to believe that health services ought not to have a price tag on them, and that people should be able to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/i-came-to-believe-that-health-services-ought-not-to-have-a-price-tag/)

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