Ontario Quotes - page 2

My great-grandfather, Sam Aykroyd, was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he was also an Edwardian spiritualist researcher who was very interested in what was going on in the invisible world, the survival of the consciousness, precipitated paintings, mediumship, and trans-channeling. (Dan Aykroyd)
S. H. Blake (prominent Ontario Lawyer, Judge)– "God give us more such as he was, honest and true.” (Buckingham and Ross 1892, p. 639) View quote
Alexander Mackenzie
W. L. Mackenzie (Canada West/Ontario Leader of 1837 Rebellion) – "He is every whit a self-made, self-educated man. Has large mental capacity and indomitable energy.”. View quote
Alexander Mackenzie
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.”. View quote
Alexander Mackenzie
I then moved to the University of Western Ontario where I was made a full professor in 1985. View quote
J. Philippe Rushton
Canada got one break in the Walkerton tragedy: the deadly contamination of the Ontario town's water supply, which killed seven people in the summer of 2000, came from cow manure. If the contamination had come instead from, say, a toxic chemical produced by a foreign company, that would have been worse. Then the company might well have sued Canada for hundreds of millions of dollars. View quote
Linda McQuaig