C. H. Douglas Quotes

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.

Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.

For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.

Never give up and always keep fighting, because though times may be tough, the sacrifices do pay off, so just keep pushing towards your dream and just love it at the same time and enjoy it.

Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.

Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made.

Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

Courage, my friends; 'tis not too late to build a better world.

My dream is for people around the world to look up and to see Canada like a little jewel sitting at the top of the continent.

Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.

My message is to never quit, never give up. When you have a little trouble here and there, just keep fighting. In the end, it will pay off.

The single raindrop never feels responsible for the flood.

The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can't get away this time!

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.

Life is like an elevator. Up and down, just make sure you get off on the right floor.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it's doing in the Maritimes.

Never quit. Never give up.

Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise.

Courage, my friend, it's not too late to make the world a better place.

I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings and I've seen what the pigeons do to them.

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves.

Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.

The [Liberal] federal government's trouble is that they have a wishbone where they should have a backbone.

Preparedness is the key to success and victory.

Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

We had discovered an accursed country. We had found the Home of the Blizzard.

The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping.

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire.

The greatest way to defend democracy is to make it work.

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.