Bilingualism Quote by Pierre Trudeau

Bilingualism for the individual is fine, but not for a country.

— S. I. Hayakawa

Bilingualism is a great asset for any individual, but it has perilous consequences for a nation.

— Tom Tancredo

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one…

— Stephen Harper

Bilingualism lets you have your cake and eat it. The new language opens the doors to the best jobs in society; the old language…

— David Crystal

Being bilingual is like having a wife and a mistress. One can never be sure of either.

— Natalie Clifford Barney

Bilingualism is for me the fundamental problem of linguistics.

— Roman Jakobson

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other.

— Emile M. Cioran

History shows, in my opinion, that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two competing languages and cultures. It is a…

— Richard Lamm

I think we are living in an age where we really need to have bilingual leaders so that we can communicate with our constituents.

— Aja Brown

That's what I mean by being bilingual: comfortable in your skin, comfortable with all parts of who you are.

— Henry Louis Gates

“Although it permits the use of students’ native language “to clarify key concepts,” this weak form of bilingual instruction has no support in educational…

— James Crawford

If you do not learn English in this country, you cannot get anywhere. We are in America. We are not in Mexico, we are…

— Rafael Cruz