John Sparrow Thompson

Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (November 10, 1845 – December 12, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Canada from December 5, 1892 to December 12, 1894 as well as Premier of Nova Scotia in 1882.

Quotes

 * These Yankee politicians are the lowest race of thieves in existence.
 * Statement made during sensitive diplomatic talks with the United States over a trade dispute
 * Donald Grant Creighton and P. B. Waite, John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician, the Old Chieftain (1998) p. 497