Quotes from John A. Macdonald

Politics is a game requiring great coolness.

Anybody may support me when I am right. What I want is someone that will support me when I am wrong.

When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say We are going to have a summer shower.

Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!

Confederation is only yet in the gristle, and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone.

A new Member requires the experience of his first session in the House to teach him how to hang up his overcoat and take his seat in a manner befitting a gentlemen.

Macdonald's Law: Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one.