It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.
All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same.
But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.
I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.
A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.
Governments are not always right.
Though the people support the government, the government should not support the people.
Government is a true religion: it has its dogmas, its mysteries, its priests. To submit it to the individual discussion is to destroy it; it is given life only through the national mind, that is to say, by political faith, which is a creed.
It is, and long has been my opinion, and I have heard honourable members in this House declare it to be theirs - that it is the duty of Parliament equally to protect all the different interests in the country.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.