All Quotes by Alexander Mackenzie
“We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion of the people.”
“How I wished for manhood and the opportunity to wreak my vengeance on my country’s oppressors”
“Loyalty to the Queen does not require a man to bow down to her manservant, her maidservant, her ox... or her ass!”
“Walk into my parlour said the spider to the fly”
“I have always held those political opinions which point to the universal brotherhood of man, no matter in what rank of life he may have taken his origin”
“We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion of the people”
“To the working men of Dundee...I press upon them the absolute necessity, as the very foundation of success in life, that they shall assume an erect position; that they shall respect their own manhood; and they will soon compel all other people to respect them”
“No Canadian government, whatever political party, will attempt to hinder the extension of the true principle of free trade all over the world”
“...the Reformers of this country will remember... with gratitude, that it was the great leaders of the Reform Party who first gave perfect civil and religious rights to the people of Canada”
“On all questions of principle, the party is not only Liberal, but clear grit in the real sense of the word.... pure sand without a particle of dirt in it!”
“Civil servants should keep out of politics and politics should be kept out of the civil service”
“I would rather sacrifice political position tomorrow than do an unworthy act which would subject me to the censure of an honest man”
“And yet they say there is no God!”
“I determined to rule in broad daylight or not at all”
“I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle, and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people.”