Charles Tupper Quotes

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• The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by the Judicial Committee…
• That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with say…
• A privilege may not be a right, but, under the constitution of the country, I do not gather that any broad distinction is drawn between…
• That text-books be permitted in Catholic schools such as will not offend the religious views of the minority, and which from an educational standpoint shall…
• It is admitted by everybody that rights and privileges enjoyed by the Roman Catholic minority in Manitoba down to 1890, were taken away by legislation…
• The hon. gentleman had better spare his interrogations if they are as senseless as that one.
• I do not see any reason why they should not be given the means to give their teachers just as high an education as is…
• My great desire has been to remove from the political arena a question of this kind that is calculated to prevent us getting a verdict…
• It is idle to waste time and discuss whether it was within our power and duty to see whether we could prepare a Bill better…
• You have the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterians, the Wesleyans, represented in each school, and they are each to take alternate…

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