American Quote by Alan Greenspan

When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.

— Dave Foley

The great themes of Canadian history are as follows: Keeping the Americans out, keeping the French in, and trying to get the Natives to…

— Will Ferguson

Obviously, I would have been happier if Canada had not been conquered in the past by the English, if this part of North America…

— Jean Chretien

Actually, when it comes to knocking the Canadian cultural scene, nobody outdoes Canadians, myself included. We are veritable masters of self-deprecation.

— Mordecai Richler

The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in World War…

— Chris Alexander

I believe truly that Canada is a living history and we're going through some of the most important time in this country's short 150 years.

— Joseph Boyden

I read and learned and fretted more about Canada after I left than I ever did while I was home. I absorbed anything I…

— Will Ferguson

Canada has, at times, represented itself as a country in a valiant struggle against powerful and menacing agents that are indifferent to its special…

— Miriam Toews

Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a very different…

— Mary Harron

Now is the time to take stock of a painful part of our history. Only then can we move past it. Anything less would…

— Perry Bellegarde

Americans should never underestimate the constant pressure on Canada which the mere presence of the United States has produced. We're different people from you…

— Pierre Trudeau

Canadians are like Americans, just less racist, violent, and ignorant.

— Dov Davidoff