Canada Quote by John Ralston Saul

There's a tremendous amount of language loss. Most of the attention is given to indigenous languages, which makes sense, but some of the most…

— Noam Chomsky

It doesn't take a language long to disappear once the spirit to continue with it leaves its community. In fact, the speed of the…

— David Crystal

Indigenous languages are Canada's national treasures. They are our identity. We simply have to put greater effort into rejuvenating and revitalizing them. It is…

— Perry Bellegarde

The undoubted sign of a society well under control or in decline is that language has ceased to be a means of communication and…

— John Ralston Saul

As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content…

— Edward Sapir

Through the act of translation we break out of linguistic confinement and reach many other communities.

— Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Canada's only becoming more diverse. And that still isn't sufficiently reflected in our in our political culture.

— Annamie Paul

A community, once it realises that its language is in danger, can get its act together and introduce measures which can genuinely revitalise. You've…

— David Crystal

Our language has become a tired and inefficient thing in the hands of journalists and writers who have nothing to say.

— Colin Wilson

All of us in Quebec - and I mean all of us - have allowed language to become a preoccupation that works to the…

— Anonymous

The Conservatives are demonstrating that they don't understand the importance of cultural industries, of artists, of creators, not just to Canadian identity, but to…

— Justin Trudeau

“Language is a bountiful gift and its usage, an elaboration of community and society, is a sacred work. Language and usage evolve over time:…

— Muriel Barbery