July 1, 1960. From the Canadian Bill of Rights.
John Diefenbaker: 9 citations0 J'aime
John Diefenbaker: Citations en anglais
“I have an intensive hatred for discrimination based on colour.”
March 29, 1958, Maclean's.
May 1, 1972, House of Commons.
“I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian.”
July 13, 1958, New York Times.
September, 1967. Speech to PC convention, quoted in I Never Say Anything Provocative by Wente, Margaret. (Toronto: Peter Martin Associates Limited, 1975.)
“Well, Mr. Prime Minister, I can't waste any more time on you. I must get back to work.”
From a conversation with Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier (29 July 1910) when Diefenbaker was 14; quoted in Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994: Biographies and Anecdotes (Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1994).
“Everyone is against me - except the people!”
Rallying cry of the 1963 election campaign.
“There can be no dedication to Canada's future without a knowledge of its past.”
"On Sir John A. Macdonald" Toronto Star (October 9, 1964)
