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. - Alexander Mackenzie

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

...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

Sir George Ross (Federal Cabinet, Premier of Ontario)– “Mackenzie was sui generis a debater. His humorous sallies blistered like a blast from a flaming smelter. His sterling honesty is a great heritage, and will keep his memory green to all future generations.” (Ross 1913, p. 31)