"We are all in this world together, and……" — 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 among us. How we look after each other, not how we look after ourselves. That's all that really matters, I think."
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24 Quotes by Tommy Douglas
Tommy Douglas has 24 quotes on this site.
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If ever we needed in this country to adopt a new attitude towards homosexuality, this is the time. Instead of…
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Courage, my friend, it's not too late to make the world a better place.
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The inescapable fact is that when we build a society based on greed, selfishness, and ruthless competition, the fruits we…
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We must never underestimate our opponents; nor should we forget that the closer we come to reaching our objectives, the…
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I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of…
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I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of…
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We should never, never be afraid or ashamed about dreams. The dreams won’t all come true; we won’t always make…
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The religion of tomorrow will be less concerned with the dogmas of theology and more concerned with the social welfare…
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It has been said that a country’s greatness can be measured by what it does for its unfortunates. By that…
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A recession is when your neighbour has to tighten his belt. A depression is when you have to tighten your…
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The trouble with socialists is that they let their bleeding hearts go to their bloody heads.
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Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins…
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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