John Boyko > Quotes

“When, in 1861, Americans decided to butcher themselves in a civil war to determine if all men were truly created equal, the British colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia were officially neutral. Britain’s 1818 Foreign Enlistment Act prohibited joining a foreign military, but approximately forty thousand British North Americans defied it to join the fight”
― John Boyko, The Devil's Trick: How Canada Fought the Vietnam War

“The road to progress is often paved with blood and bullshit.”
― John Boyko, Last steps to freedom: The evolution of Canadian racism

“War is about sending our children to kill theirs. The devil's trick is convincing leaders that war is desirable, the rest of us that it's acceptable, and combatants that everything they are doing and seeing is normal or, at least, necessary.”
― John Boyko, The Devil's Trick: How Canada Fought the Vietnam War