John Diefenbaker Quotes

I am so excited about Canadians ruling the world. ~ John Diefenbaker

Parliament is more than procedure - it is the custodian of the nation's freedom. ~ John Diefenbaker

That one never asks a question unless he knows the answer is basic to parliamentary questioning. ~ John Diefenbaker

I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind. ~ John G. Diefenbaker

I've lived history. I've made history, and I know I'll have my place in history. That's not egoism. ~ John Diefenbaker

There can be no dedication to Canada's future without a knowledge of its past. ~ John Diefenbaker

In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination. ~ John Diefenbaker

Everyone is against me - except the people! ~ John Diefenbaker

We must vigilantly stand on guard within our own borders for human rights and fundamental freedoms which are our proud heritage ... w e cannot take for granted the continuance and maintenance of those rights and freedoms. ~ John Diefenbaker

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

I am pleased to report that Texas is known for having one of the strongest set of open government laws in our Nation. And ever since that experience, I have long believed that our federal government could use 'a little Texas sunshine.' ~ John Cornyn

The central principle of investment is to go contrary to the general opinion, on the grounds that if everyone agreed about its merits, the investment is inevitably too dear and therefore unattractive. ~ John Maynard Keynes

It [moviemaking] is about entertaining audiences with great characters and great stories, you want to make people laugh, you want to make people cry, you want to have great music that is memorable. You want a movie that, as soon as it's over, you want to watch it again, just like that. That's what it is, whether it's live-action, animation, hand drawn, computer, special effects, puppet animation, it doesn't matter. That's the goal of a filmmaker. ~ John Lasseter

Few things can mess you up as badly as trying to do your best. For the tender heart, the earnest heart, it is so discouraging to give all you have trying to do what you think Jesus would have you do, and find yourself falling short, sabotaging your own efforts at every turn. Discouragement and shame settle in like a long Seattle rain.
And this is what most Christians experience as the Christian life: Try harder; feel worse. ~ John Eldredge

The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare. Nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements. ~ John Marshall Harlan

I'm an entrepreneur. I always have been. I am curious, and I enjoy solving problems. ~ John McAfee

The average human lifespan compared to the age of the universe is the same as comparing a blink of an eye to that human lifespan. Relatively speaking, short and long lifespans are the same. Both are non-existent compared to the infinite that's ahead. Furthermore, we cannot change the past, and have no guarantees for the future. We are only in charge of the present. The present is nothing - and it is everything. ~ John K. Brown

The jazz trombone is a magical experience particularly to hear and listen too. ~ John Jensen

There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of other men. ~ John Tillotson

Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading. ~ John Updike

Be intentional to add value to every person you meet everyday. ~ John C. Maxwell

A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it. ~ John Eldredge

To ISIS and others: We will defeat you. ~ John R. Allen

The interaction of disparate cultures, the vehemence of the ideals that led the immigrants here, the opportunity offered by a new life, all gave America a flavor and a character that make it as unmistakable and as remarkable to people today as it was to Alexis de Tocqueville in the early part of the nineteenth century. ~ John F. Kennedy

The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure or deadlines, was a very attractive one. ~ John Dyer

Revision is not the end of the creative process, but a new beginning. It's a chance not just to clean up and edit, but to open up and discover. The energetic prose comes about from all the energy that went into crafting it, I suppose. ~ John Dufresne

I just want you to know who I am. ~ John Rzeznik

Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie! ~ John Lydon

Toxically shamed people tend to become more and more stagnant as life goes on. They live in a guarded, secretive and defensive way. They try to be more than human (perfect and controlling) or less than human (losing interest in life or stagnated in some addictive behavior). ~ John Bradshaw

The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things. ~ John Buchan

The imagination is the most real world that we know
because we each know it first hand. ~ John Frusciante

Joining the ranks of some notables who had penned powerful stuff behind bars. Saint Paul, the apostle. John Bunyan. Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Martin Luther King Jr. But, ~ Craig Parshall

In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy brook, Thy bubblings ne'er remember Apollo's summer look; But with a sweet forgetting, They stay their crystal fretting, Never, never petting About the frozen time. ~ John Keats

And always, if he had a little money, a man could get drunk. The hard edges gone, and the warmth. Then there was no loneliness, for a man could people his brain with friends, and he could find his enemies and destroy them. ~ John Steinbeck

They hit you at school, they hate you if your clever, and they despise a fool. ~ John Lennon

A marveilous newtrality have these things mathematicall, and also a strange participation between things supernaturall and things naturall. ~ John Dee

Every woman I have known has actually deepened my spiritual awareness. Even if I have been a selfish man and treated them badly ... There were two women, I won't name them, who had a powerful religious effect on me. The ancient idea of a muse is there. ~ John Tavener

Without pain we wouldn't know joy ~ John Green

I've always been amused by the contention that brain work is harder than manual labor. I've never known a man to leave a desk for a muck-stick if he could avoid it. ~ John Steinbeck

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also. ~ John Ruskin

Assuredly we bring not innocence not the world, we bring impurity much rather: that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary. ~ John Milton

A translation is no translation, he said, unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it. ~ John Millington Synge

how much Jesus had broken away from the historically conditioned attitudes of his time, for the prevailing idea at that time was that good health and good fortune were a sign of God's favor to the deserving. This is how they got around the problem of evil, for it meant that the poor and suffering were only having divinely ordained punishment for their sin. No doubt this justified in the minds of the people of his day a great deal of social abuse, even as today some people of wealth and means look upon their material gains as their "just due." Jesus ~ John A. Sanford

I'd never even seen a play by the time I was 24 years old. ~ John Corbett

It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will in a dull man. ~ John Osborne

I'm a shareholder in three networks in Holland. That allows me to put ideas that we create in Holland on air in Holland, and if it works, then we distribute the show's format globally. ~ John De Mol, Jr.

Colonel, I'm giving you a direct order. Eat the fucking cookie. ~ John Scalzi

The pathway to maturity and to solid biblical food is not first becoming an intelligent person, but becoming an obedient person. ~ John Piper

If we are cut loose from the anchor of God's Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of personal passions and popular trends. ~ John Piper

Many people are willing to be God-centered as long as they feel that God is man-centered ~ John Piper

Well, sir," he said, "we've got a murder now and then, or we can read about them. Then we've got the World Series. You can raise a wind any time over the Pirates or the Yankees, but I guess the best of all is we've got the Russians."
"Feelings pretty strong there?"
"Oh, sure! Hardly a day goes by somebody doesn't take a belt at the Russians." ...
I asked, "Anybody know any Russians around here?"
And now he went all out and laughed. "Course not. That's why they're valuable. Nobody can find fault with you if you take out after the Russians. ~ John Steinbeck

C. albus ... I think the very loveliest of all the lily family,- a spotless soul, plant saint, that every one must love and so be made better. It puts the wildest mountaineer on his good behavior. With this plant the whole world would seem rich though non other existed. ~ John Muir

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires. ~ John Cleese

There were a number of impractical shoes, stilettos mostly, beautiful and strange. ~ Emily St. John Mandel

Maybe all the stings inside him broke. ~ John Green

What we are seeing now is customers shifting their attention from security products like firewalls and intrusion sensors, to the policies that need to be in place, and the technologies that help them enforce policy compliance. ~ John W. Thompson

Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair. ~ John Denham

Let's hope his nerves will run through his veins. ~ John McEnroe

A success unshared is a failure. ~ John Paul DeJoria