“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.”

“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.”

“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.'”

“On the night of New Years Day, I thought of a wonderful New Years resolution for the men who run the world: get to know the people who only live in it.”

“The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation.”

“He was a consummate politician-- which is to say he was given to expedient speech and lacked even a vestigial spine.”