March 8, 2025

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

[Of political life] The hatreds which sound so real when you read the words, which look so true when you see their scornful attitudes

Kim Campbell, the first female prime minister of Canada, was right when she said a 47-day-long election campaign (Imagine a campaign of only 47 days!) was not enough time to reconsider the nation’s social programs. But she was wrong to say so.