"I am the first Prime Minister of this country
of neither altogether English nor French origin.
So I determined to bring about a Canadian
citizenship that knew no hyphenated
consideration." - Prime Minister Diefenbaker, March 29, 1958, Maclean's.

"We shall never build the nation which our
potential resources make possible by dividing
ourselves into Anglophones, Francophones,
multiculturalphones, or whatever kind of
phoneys you choose. I say: Canadians, first, last,
and always!" - Prime Minister Diefenbaker, June 4, 1973, House of Commons.

"Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right
to do wrong." - Prime Minister Diefenbaker, March 11, 1958

"As long as there is a drop of blood in my body
they won't stop me from talking about
freedom." - Prime Minister Diefenbaker, June 3, 1962, Sudbury, Ontario.