A new Member requires the experience of his first session in the House to teach him how to hang up his overcoat and take his seat in a manner befitting a gentlemen. — John A. Macdonald Copy Share Image
Confederation is only yet in the gristle, and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone. — John A. Macdonald Copy Share Image
It must be an independent House, having a free action of its own, for it is only valuable as being a regulating body, calmly… — John A. Macdonald Copy Share Image
When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say We are going to have a summer shower. — John A. Macdonald Copy Share Image
A new Member requires the experience of his first session in the House to teach him how to hang up his overcoat and take… — John A. Macdonald Copy Share Image
Let us be French, let us be English, but most importantly let us be Canadian! — John A. Macdonald Copy Share Image
As for myself, my course is clear. A British subject I was born - a British subject I will die. With my utmost effort,… — John A. Macdonald Copy Share Image
When a man has done me an evil turn once, I don't like to give him the opportunity to do so twice. — John A. Macdonald Copy Share Image
Anybody may support me when I am right. What I want is someone that will support me when I am wrong. — John A. Macdonald Copy Share Image
