"Nobody has a right to conduct a trade of which he is ashamed."
G.K. Chesterton in Illustrated London News May 2, 1936, quoted in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 7 #6 (April/May 2004)
"I mean treasure is treasure, for heaven’s sake. What’s the difference whether the treasure is money, or property, or even culture, or even just plain knowledge?"
The heroine in J.D. Salinger Franny and Zooey, quoted by Edward Tingley in First Things January 2002
"If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat."
St. Paul, 2 Thessalonians 3:10
In my latest National Post column I suggest that a habit of counting our blessings on Canada would help preserve them.