"Not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary."
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
"He is . . . like many other geniuses a greater friend to the bottle than the bottle is to him."
- William Lyon Mackenzie
"Government in the last analysis is organised opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion there is likely to be bad government which sooner or later becomes autocratic government."
"Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones."
"I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent."
"The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today."