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John Diefenbaker
9 quotes
“Well, Mr. Prime Minister, I can't waste any more time on you. I must get back to work.”
John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) first seen 1867 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a conversation with Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier (29 July 1910) when Diefenbaker was 14; quoted in Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994: Biographies and Anecdotes (Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1994).
“Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.”
John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: March 11, 1958.
“I have an intensive hatred for discrimination based on colour.”
John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: March 29, 1958, Maclean's.
“I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian.”
John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: July 13, 1958, New York Times.
“I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.”
John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: July 1, 1960. From the Canadian Bill of Rights.
“Everyone is against me - except the people!”
John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rallying cry of the 1963 election campaign.
“There can be no dedication to Canada's future without a knowledge of its past.”
John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Sir John A. Macdonald" Toronto Star (October 9, 1964)
“I was criticized for being too much concerned with the average Canadians. I can't help that; I am one of them!”
John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: September, 1967. Speech to PC convention, quoted in I Never Say Anything Provocative by Wente, Margaret. (Toronto: Peter Martin Associates Limited, 1975.)
“Some wonder why I have such a feeling of concern over the imposition of the death penalty. I ask those who wonder how would you feel if you defended a man charged with murder, who was as innocent as any hon. member in this House at this very moment, who was convicted; whose appeal was dismissed, who was executed; and six months later the star witness for the Crown admitted that he, himself, had committed the murder and blamed it on the accused? That experience will never be effaced from my memory.”
John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: May 1, 1972, House of Commons.