John A. Macdonald Quotes

Let us be French, let us be English, but most importantly let us be Canadian!

Anybody may support me when I am right. What I want is someone that will support me when I am wrong.

When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say We are going to have a summer shower.

Give me better wood and I will make you a better cabinet.

When a man has done me an evil turn once, I don't like to give him the opportunity to do so twice.

Confederation is only yet in the gristle, and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone.

Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!

Politics is a game requiring great coolness.

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.

'Old Tomorrow.'

Confederation is only yet in the gristle and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone.

When Fortune empties her chamberpot on your head smile and say 'We are going to have a summer shower.'

Macdonald's Law: Never write a letter if you can help it and never destroy one.