John G. Diefenbaker Quotes

Politics determine who has the power, not who has the truth.

A competition of the best ideas - that should be what Congress is about.

I don't order laws, I propose them.

Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

Politics doesn't matter, policy does.

Historically, cohesive political parties have been the glue that enables democratic political systems like ours to make the decisions needed to govern.

You can't have your own way in Congress.

Our democratic institutions are adversarial.

The people who own the country ought to govern it.

Are the governors such exceptionally gifted men as to enable them … to represent the masses and act in the interests of all men better than all men would be able to act for themselves?

I cannot run the political machine. I have enough on my hands without that. It is the people's business.

Everything appears to take long in Congress. This is democracy in action.

There is one thing, too apt to be forgotten, which it much behooves us to remember: In the Colonies, as everywhere else in this world, the vital point is not who decides, but what is decided on!

Politics is activity in relation to power.

I believe in the greatness of our democracy.

I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.

I'm the policy-maker; I'm the lawmaker.

In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country.

Elections have consequences.

I love politics.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

Politics is a good thing!

I'm a lawmaker, but I really don't like laws.

I'm beginning to think that you should only be allowed to serve two terms, before madness sets in.