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
life wisdom believe
I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.
inspirational leadership greatness
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.
running taught-us long
Our sufferings have taught us that no nation is sufficient unto itself, and that our prosperity depends in the long run, not upon the failures of our neighbors but their successes.