A Quote by John Baird
Canada does not just 'go along' in order to 'get along.' We will 'go along,' only if we 'go' in a direction that advances Canada’s values: freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
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I think Donald Trump realizes that if the story, in a day or two, is that the United States is in a war of words with Canada, people are going to go - well, good Lord, if he can't get along with Canada, he can't get along with anyone. And I think he realizes that that friendship has to endure and has to continue.
A fellow must know where he wants to go, if he is going to get anywhere. It is so easy just to drift along. Some people go through school as if they thought they were doing their families a favor. On a job, they work along in a humdrum way, interested only in their salary check. They don't have a goal. When anyone crosses them up, they take their marbles and walk out. The people who go places and do things make the most of every situation. They are ready for the next thing that comes along on the road to their goal. They know what they want and are willing to go an extra mile.
My disposition as a human being is kind of a go-along-to-get-along person. I tend to trust authority.
China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.
Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about... If you want to get along, go along.
If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree with the career politicians in both parties who get in bed with the lobbyists and special interests, then I ain't your guy.
I am a fighter. I'm not just there to go along and get along.
It is very simple to be likeable in Washington. You just go along to get along. You just do what your leadership wants.
More than my political affiliation, I consider myself a hellraising humanitarian. Hell raising in the sense that I don't just go along to get along.
Freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law... are universal values of the human spirit.
Most people in the media aren't bad people. They just go along to get along and it's the group culture and the conditioning. As soon as they see that things are wrong, some of them will start speaking out and making a stand.
If people want go-along, get-along politics, I am not their guy.
Japan and Australia share the universal values of freedom, democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental human rights.
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There's two ways of working in Washington, ... One is to go along and get along. The other is to stand up for what you believe in.
If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else.
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