William Lyon Mackenzie King Quotes

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

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Men, Doe, True Man

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Responsibility, Government, Issues

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• From the outset of the war, the Canadian people have clearly shown that it is their desire to help in every way to make Canadas war effort as effective as possible.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  War, People, Effort

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• The people of Canada do not wish as a result of mass immigration to make a fundamental alteration in the character of our population. Large scale immigration from the Orient would change the fundamental composition of the Canadian population.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Character, People, Wish

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

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Government, Public Opinion, Analysis

  "The message of the carillon: and other addresses". Book by William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1927.

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

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Gobierno

  William Lyon Mackenzie King, John English, John O. Stubbs (1977). “Mackenzie King: Widening the Debate”

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• The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Keeping Promises, Yesterday, Political

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• 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.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Pensamiento, Gobierno, Largo

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• Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Law, Credit, Matter

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Reclutamiento si es necesario, pero no necesariamente conscripción.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Conscription, Ifs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Every hour of useful work is precious.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Horas

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• Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Progress, Action, Welfare

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• Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  War, Remembered, Strain

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• I've always found that you can control people better if you don't see too much of them.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  People, Too Much, Found

  William Lyon Mackenzie King, John English, John O. Stubbs (1977). “Mackenzie King: Widening the Debate”

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• Usury once in control will wreck the nation.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Wrecks, Usury, Nations

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Real, Order, Giving

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• I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Believe, Steps, Unwise

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• When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one's course having regard to prevailing winds.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Wind, Sea, Sailing

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• Workers in industry are the partners in war of the fighting forces.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  War, Fighting, Partners

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

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  War, Men, Discipline

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• Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  People, Habit

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• The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Daughter, Lying, Son

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• I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Numbers, Wish, Temperance

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• En cuanto a las ventajas de la templanza en la formación de las fuerzas armadas y de sus beneficios para los propios miembros de las fuerzas, no puede haber ninguna duda en el mundo.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Doubt, Training, Benefits

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• Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Years, Dollars, Beverages

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