John Buchan
John Buchan
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PCwas a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 August 1875
men miracle house
It would scarcely be destruction," he replied gently. "Let us call it iconoclasm, the swallowing of formulas, which has always had its full retinue of idealists. And you do not want a Napoleon . All that is needed is direction, which could be given by men of far lower gifts than a Bonaparte. In a word, you want a Power-House, and then the age of miracles will begin.
men peaceful lovers
I was a peaceful sedentary man, a lover of a quiet life, with no appetite for perils and commotions. But I was beginning to realise that I was very obstinate.
cowardice
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice. It is never a question of who is right but what is right.
war self carefulness
Leadership is only courage and wisdom, and a great carefulness of self.
war church hammers
The Church of Christ is an anvil which has worn out many hammers. Our opponents may boast of their strength, but they do not realize what they have challenged.
sides fine disputes
Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.
soul isms pessimism
Pessimism is the one ism which kills the soul.
funny running humor
[W]ithout humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation.
school character blue-water
The sea has formed the English character and the essential England is to be found in those who follow it. From blue waters they have learned mercifulness, and they have also learned - in the grimmest of schools - precision and resolution. The sea endures no makeshifts. If a thing is not exactly right it will be vastly wrong.
spiritual book barometer
The book trade is a spiritual barometer of a nations well-being.
running taught-us long
Our sufferings have taught us that no nation is sufficient unto itself, and that our prosperity depends in the long run, not upon the failures of our neighbors but their successes.
religious self political
The world was arrogant and self-satisfied, but behind all this confidence there was an uneasy sense of impending disaster. The old creeds, both religious and political , were largely in the process of dissolution, but we did not realise the fact , and therefore did not look for new foundations.
clothes trying way
I always try to suit my clothes to my company. It is the only way to be inconspicuous.
wise growing-up men
Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth.