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Top 25 William Lyon Mackenzie King Quotes (2025 Update)

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier.”

1. “Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to.”

2. “A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “The people of Canada do not wish as a result of mass immigration to make a fundamental alteration in the character of our population. Large scale immigration from the Orient would change the fundamental composition of the Canadian population.”

3. “The people of Canada do not wish as a result of mass immigration to make a fundamental alteration in the character of our population. Large scale immigration from the Orient would change the fundamental composition of the Canadian population.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “The politician’s promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.”

4. “The politician’s promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.”

5. “It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Every hour of useful work is precious.”

6. “Every hour of useful work is precious.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.”

7. “Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.”

8. “Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Usury once in control will wreck the nation.”

9. “Usury once in control will wreck the nation.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.”

10. “Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.”

11. “Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.”

12. “Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.”

13. “Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.”

14. “Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Regardless of what one’s attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made.”

15. “Regardless of what one’s attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.”

16. “Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number.”

17. “I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “From the outset of the war, the Canadian people have clearly shown that it is their desire to help in every way to make Canadas war effort as effective as possible.”

18. “From the outset of the war, the Canadian people have clearly shown that it is their desire to help in every way to make Canadas war effort as effective as possible.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Workers in industry are the partners in war of the fighting forces.”

19. “Workers in industry are the partners in war of the fighting forces.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war.”

20. “When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.”

21. “I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “As to the advantages of temperance in the training of the armed forces and of its benefits to the members of the forces themselves, there can be no doubt in the world.”

22. “As to the advantages of temperance in the training of the armed forces and of its benefits to the members of the forces themselves, there can be no doubt in the world.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “I’ve always found that you can control people better if you don’t see too much of them.”

23. “I’ve always found that you can control people better if you don’t see too much of them.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.”

24. “Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “For one cause or another, it has become necessary to impose restrictions upon the use of many commodities, including not a few of the necessities of life.”

25. “For one cause or another, it has become necessary to impose restrictions upon the use of many commodities, including not a few of the necessities of life.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter.”

26. “The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one’s course having regard to prevailing winds.”

27. “When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one’s course having regard to prevailing winds.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity.”

28. “Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity.”

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William Lyon Mackenzie King Quote: “Nor do we begin to have a clear appreciation of what the increase in consumption of alcoholic beverages in wartime means in increased risk, and in loss of efficiency to the fighting and working forces of the country.”

29. “Nor do we begin to have a clear appreciation of what the increase in consumption of alcoholic beverages in wartime means in increased risk, and in loss of efficiency to the fighting and working forces of the country.”

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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