I have long considered it one of God's greatest mercies that the future is hidden from us. If it were not, life would surely be unbearable.

While he had become a social progressive he remained a "Constitutional conservative" and wrote his PhD thesis on the King–Byng Affair defending the positions of Arthur Meighen and Governor-General Lord Byng. How Canadians Govern Themselves 7th ed. by George Winterton).

He was considered to be one of Canada's foremost constitutional experts.