John G. Diefenbaker Quotes

You can't stand up for Canada with a banana for a backbone.

John G. Diefenbaker

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• When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listeners of the '60s and '70s, particularly in Canada, missed out on an outpouring of brilliant R&B music.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Music
  • Age
  • Lost

• We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.

  

  J. Philippe Rushton
  • School
  • Africa
  • Canada

• The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • Want
  • Fight
  • Canada

• Canada is a big part of my life.

  

  Gail Simmons
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Canada

• Canada is rich in hydrocarbons and other natural resources... India's requirements and Canada's surplus are a perfect match.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Perfect
  • Rich
  • Canada

• I was fortunate in that I attended university in Canada in the early 1970s when you could take a true liberal arts degree with no programmes, majors or minors.

  

  O. R. Melling
  • True
  • Early
  • Canada

• I've only been to these foreign countries: Canada, L.A. and Miami.

  

  Larry the Cable Guy
  • Only
  • Canada
  • Miami

• 'Kit Kittredge' was an amazing experience because I got to go to Canada, and it was my first 'era' film, so I got to wear the 1930s clothes, the real vintage clothes.

  

  Madison Davenport
  • Real
  • Experience
  • Amazing

• I think NASCAR's coming to Canada now so it'll take on a whole new relevance. Be afraid.

  

  Samantha Bee
  • Think
  • Now
  • Canada

• A lot of funny stuff happens in Canada.

  

  Samantha Bee
  • Funny
  • Happens
  • Canada

• Every member of Parliament has been sent there by Canadians, and that decision should be respected, and that member of Parliament should be respected.

  

  Jack Layton
  • Decision
  • Member
  • Parliament

• 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.

  

  Mackenzie King
  • Control
  • Responsibility
  • Democracy

• I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Canada, whose people have, I think, shown their devotion to peace.

  

  Lester B. Pearson
  • People
  • Work
  • Country

• A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment. Those who want a mask have to wear it.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Man
  • Desire
  • Successful

• There is no more striking illustration of the immobility of British institutions than the House of Commons.

  

  H. H. Asquith
  • House
  • Parliament
  • Illustration

• The Canadian government continues to say they will not help us if we go to war with Iraq. However, the prime minister of Canada said he'd like to help, but he's pretty sure that last time he checked, Canada had no army.

  

  Conan O'Brien
  • Time
  • War
  • Help

• People all over the world now are following our election. And according to a new international poll that just came out, I think this came out a few hours ago, this is true, people in Canada want Barack Obama to be the next U.S. president. That's what they're saying. In Canada, yeah. That makes sense, because Obama has the support of Canada's anti-war voters, as well as Canada's black guy. He is very excited.

  

  Conan O'Brien
  • People
  • World
  • War

• Welcome to 'Who's Line Is It Anyway' the show where everything's made up and the points don't matter. That's right the points are just like Canada.

  

  Drew Carey
  • Up
  • Show
  • Canada

• When I was a kid a growing up in Ontario, Canada, Lake Erie was so polluted, I never thought it would ever, EVER be turned around where they could start cleaning it out in my lifetime!

  

  Rick Danko
  • Growing
  • Lifetime
  • Canada

• I only eat fish - no chicken, no turkey, just fish. I get all my protein from fish and egg whites.

  

  Jack LaLanne
  • Fish
  • Chicken
  • Egg

• Is there any fairness in a system where a group of people can borrow a bunch of money to buy a company and pay themselves millions of dollars in dividends and fees, while the company itself ends up bankrupt and its employees lose their jobs, health insurance and pensions?

  

  William D. Cohan
  • People
  • Fairness
  • Employee

• The moment you come to trust chaos, you see God clearly. Chaos is divine order, versus human order. Change is divine order, versus human order. When the chaos becomes safety to you, then you know you're seeing God clearly.

  

  Caroline Myss
  • Moments
  • Safety
  • Chaos

• You can't stand up for Canada with a banana for a backbone.

  

  John G. Diefenbaker
  • Canada
  • Parliament
  • Backbone