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Charles Tupper

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[Wikipedia] Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, was a Canadian Father of Confederation who served as the sixth prime minister of Canada from May 1 to July 8, 1896. As the premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation. He briefly served as the Canadian prime minister, from seven da

Quotes by Charles Tupper

The hon. gentleman had better spare his interrogations if they are as senseless as that one.

Gentleman

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A privilege may not be a right, but, under the constitution of the country, I do not gather that any broad distinction…

Broads

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The human mind naturally adapts itself to the position it occupies.

Human mind

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That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no…

Antagonism

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That text-books be permitted in Catholic schools such as will not offend the religious views of the minority, and which from an…

Advisory

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It is idle to waste time and discuss whether it was within our power and duty to see whether we could prepare…

Bills

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It is admitted by everybody that rights and privileges enjoyed by the Roman Catholic minority in Manitoba down to 1890, were taken…

Catholic

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My great desire has been to remove from the political arena a question of this kind that is calculated to prevent us…

Arena

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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…

Committees

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I do not see any reason why they should not be given the means to give their teachers just as high an…

Attendance

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You have the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterians, the Wesleyans, represented in each school, and they are each…

Alternate

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