I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of his parents to raise enough money to bring a first-class surgeon to his bedside. And I think it was out… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege. — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
I am proud that my daughter believes, as I do, that hungry children should be fed whether they are Black Panthers or White Republicans. — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
In Washington they have their hawks and doves and in Ottawa we have our parrots. — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
My dream is for people around the world to look up and to see Canada like a little jewel sitting at the top of… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
A recession is when your neighbour has to tighten his belt. A depression is when you have to tighten your own belt. And a… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
To accept the principal that "all power proceeds from the barrel of a gun" is to accept a society which will be dominated by… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
We are all in this world together, and the only test of our character that matters is how we look after the least fortunate… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom. — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
If ever we needed in this country to adopt a new attitude towards homosexuality, this is the time. Instead of treating it as a… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
I am sure that hon. members will realize that I am not drawing on my imagination when I state that last fall there were children going to school in Saskatchewan with only sacking wrapped around their feet. We have gone into homes and found mothers and children lying on piles of bedding in the corner; they did not have the… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share
He was the only man I ever knew who could get money from the rich and votes from the poor with the promise to… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
The [Liberal] federal government's trouble is that they have a wishbone where they should have a backbone. — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
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