WIST Quotations

Buchan, John -- Montrose and Leadership (1930)

Dave — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 12:32:54 +0000

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

John Buchan (1875–1940) Scottish novelist, poet, and politician; Governor-General of Canada (1935 -1940)
Montrose and Leadership (1930)

Buchan, John -- The Power-House, ch. 3 (1916)

Dave — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 20:47:12 +0000

You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn.

John Buchan (1875–1940) Scottish novelist, poet, and politician; Governor-General of Canada (1935 -1940)
The Power-House, ch. 3 (1916)

Buchan, John -- Speech to the People of Canada on the Coronation of King George VI (12 May 1937)

Dave — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:27:06 +0000

We can only pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

John Buchan (1875–1940) Scottish novelist, poet, and politician; Governor-General of Canada (1935 -1940)
Speech to the People of Canada on the Coronation of King George VI (12 May 1937)