All Wilfrid Laurier Quotes
- Canada is free and freedom is its nationality, Canada
- It would be simply suicidal to French Canadians to form a party by themselves. Canadians
- Quebec does not have Opinions, but only sentiments. Doe
- The Divinity could be invoked as well in the English language as in the French. Divinity
- Why, so soon as French Canadians, who are in a minority in this House and in the country, were to organise as a political party,… Canadians
- I have been represented as a Protestant minister; there was not one of the canvassers of the honourable gentlemen opposite that did not represent to… Been
- I am not here to parade my religious sentiments, but I declare I have too much respect for the faith in which I was born… Bases
- For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion; while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business. Business
- I am quite prepared, if we can do it without any disrespect to the Crown of England, to bring our titles to the marketplace and… Any
- What is hateful is not rebellion but the despotism which induces the rebellion; what is hateful are not rebels but the men, who, having the… Asked
- If I were not French I would choose to be - Scotch. Choose
- It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of… Country
- The Englishman respects your opinions, but he never thinks of your feelings. Englishman
- I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do… Act
- Confederation is a compact, made originally by four provinces but adhered to by all the nine provinces who have entered it, and I submit to… Adhered
- I am a subject of the British Crown, but whenever I have to choose between the interests of England and Canada it is manifest to… America
- He is ready, if the occasion presents itself, to throw the whole English population in the St. Lawrence. English
- I would advise you to write, my dear friend, because with your active nature, solitude is simply intolerable to you, and after some time your… Active
- Let them look to the past, but let them also look to the future; let them look to the land of their ancestors, but let… Ancestors
- This country must be governed, and can be governed, simply on questions of policy and administration and the French Canadians who have had any part… Administration
- Two races share today the soil of Canada. These people had not always been friends. But I hasten to say it. There is no longer… Altars