With Faith and Goodwill

Arthur Milnes is a journalist and public historian and served as a speech writer for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He has edited volumes about the presidencies of George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter, and the leadership of prime ministers Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and other Canadian leaders. He also served as research assistant to the Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney on his bestselling memoirs. Arthur lives in Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian American Business Council exists to promote the health of the Canada-U.S. trade relationship.

List of Speeches
Foreword by Maryscott Greenwood
Introduction by Arthur Milnes
Friendship
Hopeful Renewal
President Barack Obama Prime (2016)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (2016)
A Friend in Need
President Jimmy Carter (1980)
Prime Minister Joe Clark (1980)
President Jimmy Carter (2011)
Early Days
Wilfrid Laurier (1891)
Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier (1899)
Vice President Charles Fairbanks (1908)
Prime Minister Robert Borden (1912)
William Lyon Mackenzie King (1913)
President Warren G. Harding (1923)
Bosom Buddies
Brian Mulroney (2004)
President George H.W. Bush (1999)
Joe Clark (No date)
President Bill Clinton (2002)
Brian Mulroney (2016)
Frictions
The Times They Are A-Changing
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson (1965)
President Richard M. Nixon (1972)
Economic Tensions
Prime Minister Paul Martin (2005)
President Barack Obama (2015)
At War
Allied Against the Axis Powers
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1943)
The Cold War Era
President Harry S. Truman (1947)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953)
Governor General Vincent Massey (1954)
A New World Order
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien (2001)
President George W. Bush (2004)
At Work
Building Bridges — and Highways and Seaways and …
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (1927)
Vice President Charles Dawes (1927)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1959)
Free Trade: Taking the Leap of Faith
President Ronald W. Reagan (1981)
President Ronald Reagan (1987)
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1988)
President George H.W. Bush (1992)
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1992)
President George H.W. Bush (1991)
The Quebec Question
President William J. Clinton (1999)
“A Permanent Reality”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1948)
Senator John F. Kennedy (1957)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (2009)
At Play — Holidaying in Each Other’s Nation
President Theodore Roosevelt (1916)
President William Howard Taft (1926)
Sir Robert Borden (1934)
Sir Robert Borden (1936)
Home Away from Home
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933)
President Richard Nixon (1972)
President George H.W. Bush (1997)
Toasts and Tributes
Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier (1898)
Tributes at a Time of Loss
President William Howard Taft (1919)
Ambassador Lester B. Pearson (1945)
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson (1963)
NDP Leader Tommy Douglas (1963)
President Richard M. Nixon (1972)
President Gerald R. Ford (2001)
Memories and Reflections
President Jimmy Carter
Brian Mulroney
President Bill Clinton (1995)
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (1999)
President George W. Bush (2008)
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
President Barack Obama (2009)
President Donald J. Trump (2017)
Conclusion by Scott Reid
Acknowledgements
Image Credits
Index