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John George Diefenbaker je kanadský politik, představitel Progresivně-konzervativní strany Kanady, jejímž předsedou byl v letech 1956–1968, a jíž přivedl roku 1957 k jejímu prvnímu volebnímu vítězství v historii. Byl premiérem Kanady v letech 1957–1963.

Do své vlády nominoval jako první premiér Kanady ženu . Silně prosazoval práva původních obyvatel Kanady . V mezinárodní politice silně bojoval proti rasismu a přispěl k vyloučení Jihoafrické republiky z Commonwealthu kvůli politice apartheidu. Jeho vládu rozbil spor o rakety CIM-10 Bomarc, o nichž liberálové tvrdili, že mohou nést jaderné hlavice, což Diefenbaker popíral. Wikipedia  

✵ 18. září 1895 – 16. srpen 1979
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“I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.”

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July 1, 1960. From the Canadian Bill of Rights.

“Some wonder why I have such a feeling of concern over the imposition of the death penalty. I ask those who wonder how would you feel if you defended a man charged with murder, who was as innocent as any hon. member in this House at this very moment, who was convicted; whose appeal was dismissed, who was executed; and six months later the star witness for the Crown admitted that he, himself, had committed the murder and blamed it on the accused? That experience will never be effaced from my memory.”

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May 1, 1972, House of Commons.

“I was criticized for being too much concerned with the average Canadians. I can't help that; I am one of them!”

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September, 1967. Speech to PC convention, quoted in I Never Say Anything Provocative by Wente, Margaret. (Toronto: Peter Martin Associates Limited, 1975.)

“Well, Mr. Prime Minister, I can't waste any more time on you. I must get back to work.”

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From a conversation with Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier (29 July 1910) when Diefenbaker was 14; quoted in Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994: Biographies and Anecdotes (Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1994).

“There can be no dedication to Canada's future without a knowledge of its past.”

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"On Sir John A. Macdonald" Toronto Star (October 9, 1964)