Don’t get sucked in by saying you can’t because there’s always a future in this great country of ours if you work hard and stay in school. It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest. Lincoln Alexander, a man of humble birth who fought racism to become a lawyer, a politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, died in hospital this morning at age at 90.
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong. He was named Ontario’s lieutenant-governor from 1985 to 1991. Follow AzQuotes on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
The closest he’s gotten to driving is his motorized scooter on sidewalks around the block. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. There’s no job you can’t have if you want it bad enough and have confidence in yourself,” he said. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. “I like to help the ordinary people. 1361 matching entries found. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving Grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us! “My daddy was a porter and my momma was a maid, but I vowed never to become a porter. In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. He was elected four more times, becoming labour minister in Joe Clark’s government in 1979.
I’m very pleased with life as I’ve reach this stage of unusual heights and worked hard and tried my best.
That’s my claim to fame -- … The 6-foot-3 grandfather suffered a mild heart attack on his birthday this year and he suffers from nerve pain in his left hip, but he’s still working hard at causes close to his heart. He returned to Toronto and became a Royal Canadian Air Force corporal during World War II from 1942 to 1945.
You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right. The next issue of The Toronto Sun Headline News will soon be in your inbox. To be in the presence of such greatness would have been an immense honour but instead we write about him in memoriam.
Improve yourself, find your inspiration, share with friends, Abraham Lincoln (1907). Alexander grew up in Toronto, where he attended Wilkinson Public School, followed by Earl Grey Jr. High and Riverdale Collegiate before moving to Harlem, New York, with his mother. Hamilton even named a highway after him, but he doesn’t drive and has never learned. If the press really thinks Obama is Lincoln, they ought to treat him like they treated Bush, 'cause that's how they treated Lincoln. “The Ontario Heritage Trust is extremely important to me because we have to understand our cultural, natural and built heritage and make sure people preserve and respect and look after it,” Alexander said. Behind the cloud the sun is still shining.
Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution.
We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.
Lincoln Alexander Quotes & Sayings. He became Canada’s first black member of parliament, first black cabinet member and first black lieutenant-governor and the founding chairman of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation.
A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure. I must get to know him better. “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.191, Wildside Press LLC, Abraham Lincoln (1999).
Democracy is "government of, by and for the people". I know now as I get older, death is inevitable. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed. I don't like that man. Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Toronto SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Elections belong to the people. His critics compared Lincoln to an ape; they called him an illiterate baboon. We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. There are still people who think like Neanderthals and racism is still here and there’s still disrepect for women and people of other religions, but at the same time we’ve made tremendous strides in the plight of minorities affected by skin colour and race,” he said. 1361 matching entries found. Now confined to a wheelchair, Alexander’s life has become a bit slower. It's their decision. Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong. We encountered an issue signing you up. I will prepare and some day my chance will come. QUOTES. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. Proceeds will go to the Ontario Heritage Trust’s Lincoln M. Alexander Legacy Fund in support of heritage conservation. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Lincoln's speech excited and sustained the enthusiasm of his audience to the end. I help the hungry, abused women, young children, those with disabilities and those who are ignored. Join the mailing list to receive daily email updates. They are the forgotten people and I’m a people’s person who hasn’t forgotten where I’ve come from,” Alexander said. Alexander made his parents, Mae Rose and “Big Alex,” proud. Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. But we have forgotten God. I’ve got a beautiful family, my son Keith, my daughter-in-law Joyce and granddaughters Erika and Marissa. “I’ve done enough -- now all I want is to live to 100.”.
“Abraham Lincoln: 100 Influential Quotes of My Life”, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, Abraham Lincoln (1943). “The Lincoln Year Book: Axioms and Aphorisms from the Great Emancipator”, p.48, Library of Alexandria, Abraham Lincoln (1982). Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. He wears the red pin on his lapel whenever he goes out. “Selected Writings and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln”, Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. “They’d call me nigger or goon and all kinds of vile names on the street. America will never be destroyed from the outside. “The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858”, p.25, University of Chicago Press, Abraham Lincoln (2008). There was an error, please provide a valid email address. Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old. I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day. © 2020 Toronto Sun, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. Using a veteran’s grant, he earned his Bachelor of Arts from McMaster University in 1949, followed by an Osgoode Hall Law School degree in 1953, graduating in the top quarter of his class of 250. Our goal is to help you by delivering amazing quotes to bring inspiration, personal growth, love and happiness to your everyday life. Our republican system was meant for a homogeneous people. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. "The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln". “I like to help the ordinary people. I have been over into the future, and it works. I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. As long as blacks continue to live with the whites they constitute a threat to the national life. If you don't see it please check your junk folder. Lincoln Alexander was the oldest son of Caribbean immigrant parents. Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge. “We’ve come a long way. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. Alexander has received seven honourary doctorates and been named to a multitude of other public and community services. Every day we present the best quotes!
I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when I found out he had attended its dedication, that helped focus it further. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown.