“As long as my colleagues and I have anything to do with the government of this province, we will see to it that Alberta continues to lead the world in the great fight to secure for every man, woman and child complete and permanent freedom from fear and worry and from social and economic insecurity.”

— Ernest Manning

Source: [Will The Real Alberta Please Stand Up, University of Alberta Press, 2010, 74, Geo Takach]

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