"The world changed, it eroded beneath them without any real regard to the fact that they were even there. Within a blink of the eye it was no longer was recognizable. Yet, no matter what was lost, whatever sense of mourning was within the hearts and souls of men there was hope that remained and it carried through with the understand that tradition and process was not all that defines a way of life, but rather a means by which a quality of life is created.."
Empires Built on Sand: Germany and the Great War
"the test of the character of a people is not how they survive those times of ease, but in how the nation rises in the face of adversity, how it mourns for its losses in the pain that it feels, how it unites in the days of crisis, and how it responds to the moments that have so much power to destroy us to say to the world that we shall not quietly find ourselves yielding to darkness, fading off into the long dark night."
Reflections on Pearl Harbor
"Conservative politics that embodies the strength and virtues of responsible government must embrace the progressive notions of a forward moving society while remaining true to the best and most noble traditions of those who laid down the principles of our national experiences."
Speech on the History of the Conservative Tradition in Canada
"Ours is not to see the world as it is and as it is alone. Had our founding fathers seen the world as it was and was alone we would not have found ourselves amidst that great struggle that would secure for us the right to control our own destiny."
Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr.
