"It would be simply suicidal to French Canadians……" — Wilfrid Laurier
"It would be simply suicidal to French Canadians to form a party by themselves."
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21 Quotes by Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier has 21 quotes on this site.
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Canada is free and freedom is its nationality,
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Quebec does not have Opinions, but only sentiments.
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The Divinity could be invoked as well in the English language as in the French.
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Why, so soon as French Canadians, who are in a minority in this House and in the country, were to…
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I have been represented as a Protestant minister; there was not one of the canvassers of the honourable gentlemen opposite…
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I am not here to parade my religious sentiments, but I declare I have too much respect for the faith…
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For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion; while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business.
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I am quite prepared, if we can do it without any disrespect to the Crown of England, to bring our…
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What is hateful is not rebellion but the despotism which induces the rebellion; what is hateful are not rebels but…
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If I were not French I would choose to be - Scotch.
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It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty…
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The Englishman respects your opinions, but he never thinks of your feelings.
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