Besides my religious commitment, the greatest single factor that has enabled me to pursue my business and political objectives has been the security and freedom of my home. Preston Manning More Quotes by Preston Manning More Quotes From Preston Manning New Canada must be workable without Quebec, but it must be open and attractive enough to include a New Quebec. Preston Manning attractive canada enough Remember the referendum on the Charlottetown constitutional accord? The more Canada's political and business elites threatened Canadians that the country would disappear into a black hole if the accord weren't passed, the more Canadians opposed it. Preston Manning black political country As a result of listening to Aberhart, my father decided to leave the farm in 1927 to study at Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute, Aberhart's training school. Preston Manning listening father school Nothing disturbs me more than superficiality and mere sloganizing on matters of public policy, and the suspicion that what the speaker is saying represents the full extent of his knowledge on the subject. Preston Manning suspicion policy matter The trouble with "sacrifices as symbolic acts" is that the immediate impact on those for whom the sacrifice is made quickly fades, while the impact on those who actually make the sacrifice can go on and on. Preston Manning impact sacrifice goes-on In many respects, my best friends were dogs. Preston Manning my-best-friend dog My first official consulting job, therefore, was for a scrap metal dealer (he resented the term "junk dealer") in East Edmonton named Benny Sugarman. Preston Manning junk east jobs In Canada, what I find what people are afraid of or worried about is politicians who denigrate the importance of the resource sectors, which are the basis of our trading capacity. Preston Manning canada politician people Where you find all the worries about immigration, I think the way to handle that is to listen to the person that's got concerns, and then try to move that in a positive direction, as opposed to decrying it and saying, 'Don't even raise that, you can't raise that.' Preston Manning worry moving thinking Why not learn from the positive aspect of Canadian populism, which is the way to deal with it? Learn from the negative side, but it's more important to learn from the positive side, because it's an enormous amount of energy. Preston Manning important energy negative What used to be considered conservative values... are increasingly becoming more mainstream values. Preston Manning more values conservative used For many years I have advocated 'redesigning Parliament' in a variety of ways - elect the Senate, do away with the 'confidence convention,' permit freer voting, strengthen the role of back benchers and committees, do away with ineffectual 'take note' debates, restructure question period, and so on. Preston Manning back parliament confidence voting When we classify an issue as a 'shield issue' it is usually because we feel that someone else occupies the high ground on that issue. We feel we can't win on that issue and so we adopt a defensive posture. Preston Manning high feel someone win I was dissatisfied with the status quo back in the 80's, particularly how the West was represented in federation. I wanted to try to change it. Preston Manning status try back change I guess I'd like to get old and die, in that order. Preston Manning old die get like When the initial effort of political and business leaders to influence public opinion on an issue is to threaten rather than to engage and persuade, they further arouse public opposition rather than win support. Preston Manning win effort support business
