William Lyon Mackenzie King Men Quotations

It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.

Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

I believed the people had a true instinct in most matters of government when left alone. That they were not swayed, as specially favoured individuals were, by personal interest, but rather by a sense of what best served the common good. That they recognized the truth when it was put before them, and that a leader can guide so long as he kept to the right lines. I did not think it was a mark of leadership to try to make the people do what one wanted them to do.

A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to.

Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.

Temperance is essential, if the services of men and women are to be employed to the best and most useful effect according, to the physical capacity and ability of each. Nothing less will assure a total effort.