Alcohol is a very necessary article . . . It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning.

Better a leader of Fabianism than a chorus man in parliament.

Usually I enjoy a first night as a surgeon enjoys an operation: this time I enjoyed it as a playgoer enjoys a pleasant performance. p 267

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols or bombs without incurring any penalties.

This matter should be discussed among Canadians, but primarily in Parliament, so that an approach can be developed that reflects and preserves our collective values and encourages belief in, rather than cynicism in, our electoral and democratic processes.