Alexander Mackenzie quotes

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. (Alexander Mackenzie)
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. View quote
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Rev. Dr. Thomas (delivered Mackenzie's eulogy) – "stood four square, to all the winds that blow.” (Buckingham and Ross 1892, p. 643, Tennyson's Ode to the Death of the Duke of Wellington) View quote
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St. John Telegraph – he was loved by the people and his political opponents were compelled to respect him even above their own chosen leader. As a statesman, he has had few equals. View quote
Alexander Mackenzie
Loyalty to the Queen does not require a man to bow down to her manservant, her maidservant, her ox... or her ass! View quote
Alexander Mackenzie
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. View quote
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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! View quote
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London times – the untiring energy, the business-like accuracy, the keen perception and reliable judgment, and above all the inflexible integrity which marked his private life, he carried without abatement of one jot into his public career. View quote
Alexander Mackenzie
I determined to rule in broad daylight or not at all. View quote
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...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. View quote
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And yet they say there is no God! (Alexander Mackenzie)
Civil servants should keep out of politics and politics should be kept out of the civil service. View quote
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No Canadian government, whatever political party, will attempt to hinder the extension of the true principle of free trade all over the world. View quote
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"He was, and ever will remain, the Sir Galahad of Canadian politics” (Marquis 1903, p. 418) View quote
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I repent it. View quote
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I would rather sacrifice political position tomorrow than do an unworthy act which would subject me to the censure of an honest man. View quote
Alexander Mackenzie
Walk into my parlour said the spider to the fly. View quote
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Chief Justice Sir Louis Davies – "the best debater the House of Commons has ever known.” (Mackenzie's newspaper scrapbook "Days of Giants", Library and Archives Canada) View quote
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Philadelphia Record – Like Caesar, who twice refused a knightly crown, Alexander Mackenzie refused knighthood three times. Unlike Caesar, he owed his political overthrow to his incorruptible honesty and unswerving integrity. View quote
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How I wished for manhood and the opportunity to wreak my vengeance on my country's oppressors. View quote
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Westminster Review – a man, who although, through failing health and failing voice, he had virtually passed out of public life, yet retained to the last the affectionate veneration of the Canadian people as no other man of the time can be said to have done. (Buckingham and Ross 1892, p. 651, The Westminster Review Volume 137) (Alexander Mackenzie)
Charlottetown Patriot – in all that constitutes the real man, the honest statesman, the true patriot, the warm friend, and sincere Christian, he had few equals. Possessed of a clear intellect, a retentive memory, and a ready command of appropriate words, he was one of the most logical and powerful speakers we have ever heard. View quote
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Montreal Star – it is one of the very foremost architects of the Canadian nationality that we mourn. In the dark days of '73 Canadians were in a state of panic, distrusting the stability of their newly-built Dominion; no one can tell what would have happened had not the stalwart form of Alexander Mackenzie lifted itself above the screaming, vociferating and denying mass of politicians, and all Canada felt at once, there was a man who could be trusted. View quote
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Toronto Globe – he was a man who loved the people and fought for their rights against privilege and monopoly in every form. View quote
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Logic, sometimes has very little to do with political action. View quote
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