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"There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I don't think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders."
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"The grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence. Many politicians promise green, green grass by blending niceties with delusion and by using alluring confidence tricks. They voice attractive tales and tell things, people like to hear. But the post-factual grassland often appears to be parched and barren. ['The grass was greener over there']"

"The most courageous act in politics is to try to understand your opponent."

"A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts."

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."

"More than once I should have lost my soul to radicalism if it had been the originality it was mistaken for by its young converts."

"Very few USA citizens realize that the USA corporate military is regarded by many to be both a domestic and international terrorist organization."

"Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old. I have seen a great many lists of her drawingup at various times of books that she meant to read regularly through-and very good lists they were-very well chosen, and very neatly arranged-sometimes alphabetically, and sometimes by some other rule. The list she drew up when only fourteen-I remember thinking it did her judgment so much credit, that I preserved it some time; and I dare say she may have made out a very good list now. But I have done with expecting any course of steady reading from Emma. She will never submit to any thing requiring industry and patience, and a subjection of the fancy to the understanding."

"Patriotism is the narcissism of countries."
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"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 o-ne is supposed to accept without question."


"But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion."


"Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy."


"We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians."


"First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government."


"The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House."


"If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people."


"As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions."


"Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took."


"Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been."
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