“It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of g...” — Wilfrid Laurier Quote

“It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it.”

“I am not here to parade my religious sentiments, but I declare I have too much respect for the faith in which I was born to ever use it as the basis of a political organization.”

“I have been represented as a Protestant minister; there was not one of the canvassers of the honourable gentlemen opposite that did not represent to the people that I was not a Minister of the Crown, but that I was a Protestant minister.”

“One of the reasons this election is so important is because the Supreme Court hangs in the balance. We need to overturn that terrible Supreme Court decision, Citizens United, and then reform our whole campaign finance system.”

“I've lived to see key parts of my research absorbed in textbooks and in central banks around the world. And some finance ministries, too.”

“Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.”