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
history guarantees study
That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.
conspiracy civilisation
Civilisation is a conspiracy.
funny atheist mean
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.
fishing trout fisherman
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
humility pride humanity
Without humility there can be no humanity.
organization quality merit
Any large-scale organization must lose some of the merits of its rudimentary beginnings. Quantity will have a coarsening effect on quality.
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.
funny running humor
[W]ithout humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation.
adventure men games
I once played the chief part in a rather exciting business without ever once budging from London . And the joke of it was that the man who went out to look for adventure only saw a bit of the game, and I who sat in my chambers saw it all and pulled the strings. 'They also serve who only stand and wait,' you know.