To accept the principal that "all power proceeds from the barrel of a gun" is to accept a society which will be dominated by those with the biggest guns. Tommy Douglas More Quotes by Tommy Douglas More Quotes From Tommy Douglas We are all in this world together, and the only test of our character that matters is how we look after the least fortunate among us. How we look after each other, not how we look after ourselves. That's all that really matters, I think. Tommy Douglas helping-others character thinking I came to believe that health services ought not to have a price tag on them, and that people should be able to get whatever health services they required irrespective of their individual capacity to pay. Tommy Douglas price-tag believe people Courage, my friends; 'tis not too late to build a better world. Tommy Douglas political courage too-late Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege. Tommy Douglas class order people I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of his parents to raise enough money to bring a first-class surgeon to his bedside. And I think it was out of this experience, not at the moment consciously, but through the years, I came to believe that health services ought not to have a price tag on them, and that people should be able to get whatever health services they require irrespective of their individual capacity to pay. Tommy Douglas boys believe thinking My dream is for people around the world to look up and to see Canada like a little jewel sitting at the top of the continent. Tommy Douglas jewels dream people We should never, never be afraid or ashamed about dreams. The dreams won’t all come true; we won’t always make it; but where there is no vision a people perish. Where people have no dreams and no hopes and aspirations, life becomes dull and a meaningless wilderness. Tommy Douglas vision dream people The inescapable fact is that when we build a society based on greed, selfishness, and ruthless competition, the fruits we can expect to reap are economic insecurity at home and international discord abroad. Tommy Douglas insecurity greed home Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it's doing in the Maritimes. Tommy Douglas ontario humorous inspirational Courage, my friend, it's not too late to make the world a better place. Tommy Douglas too-late inspirational world It has been said that a country’s greatness can be measured by what it does for its unfortunates. By that criterion Canada certainly does not stand in the forefront of the nations of the world although there are signs that we are becoming conscious of our deficiencies and are determined to atone for lost time. Tommy Douglas greatness country world I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings and I've seen what the pigeons do to them. Tommy Douglas pigeons mind want The greatest way to defend democracy is to make it work. Tommy Douglas democracy way Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise. Tommy Douglas ocean air men I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of his parents to raise enough money to bring a first-class surgeon to his bedside. Tommy Douglas should-have class boys The [Liberal] federal government's trouble is that they have a wishbone where they should have a backbone. Tommy Douglas political government should-have We must never underestimate our opponents; nor should we forget that the closer we come to reaching our objectives, the more vicious and forthright will their opposition become. Tommy Douglas opponents underestimate forget The trouble with socialists is that they let their bleeding hearts go to their bloody heads. Tommy Douglas bleeding politics heart The religion of tomorrow will be less concerned with the dogmas of theology and more concerned with the social welfare of humanity. Tommy Douglas dogma tomorrow humanity He was the only man I ever knew who could get money from the rich and votes from the poor with the promise to protect them from each other. Tommy Douglas political men promise
