“I told people they would be in for a bit of trouble, ... They had the meeting in September where they said they had hit the wall. Those things are not going to turn around overnight. It's just a worldwide slowdown.”
“She shows that the force has a lot of talent in it. It also shows that the police force is becoming more intelligent because the women used to have a hard time being in the force, but this shows that all that is changing.”
“The law of the [Cub Scout] pack guides the boys to move in the direction of being helpful, friendly, courteous, trustworthy and promote qualities which parents and the community are looking for. The whole purpose of scouting is to help the children grow up making good decisions in life.”
“Our program is attuned in such a way that we intentionally want to provide positive male role models for the boys due to the lack of father figures in their lives. Most of the boys in our program are brought up single-handedly by their mothers or, in some cases, their grandmothers. Usually it's the mom who signs the child up to the program, because they want our male leaders to be around for their child.”
“Most of them do not have access to outdoor activities, which you and I take for granted. In our first year, we took our 100 boys to visit the National Mall, and all of them said they had never been there before.”
“He was very quiet...he didn't make a fuss about himself. If he had survived when Michael Manley became Prime Minister he would have been Governor-General.”
