Alexander Mackenzie Quotes

I determined to rule in broad daylight or not at all

And yet they say there is no God!

I would rather sacrifice political position tomorrow than do an unworthy act which would subject me to the censure of an honest man

Civil servants should keep out of politics and politics should be kept out of the civil service

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!

...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

No Canadian government, whatever political party, will attempt to hinder the extension of the true principle of free trade all over the world

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

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

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

Walk into my parlour said the spider to the fly

Loyalty to the Queen does not require a man to bow down to her manservant, her maidservant, her ox... or her ass!

How I wished for manhood and the opportunity to wreak my vengeance on my country's oppressors

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.