Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.
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If the military might of Germany and Japan are ultimately to be crushed, the United Nations, one and all, must definitely and urgently strive toward a total war effort.William Lyon Mackenzie King
From the outset of the war, the Canadian people have clearly shown that it is their desire to help in every way to make Canada's war effort as effective as possible.
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Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.
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It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.
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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.
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