Wilfrid Laurier

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 them look also to the land of their children. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#ancestors #children #future #land #look

Quebec does not have Opinions, but only sentiments. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#only #opinions #quebec #sentiments

For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion; while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#englishmen #france #passion #political #politics

Fraternity without absorption, union without fusion. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#fusion #union #without

He is ready, if the occasion presents itself, to throw the whole English population in the St. Lawrence. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#itself #lawrence #occasion #population #presents

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 to ever use it as the basis of a political organization. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#basis #born #declare #ever #faith

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 make a bonfire of them. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#any #bonfire #bring #crown #disrespect

If I were not French I would choose to be - Scotch. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#french #i #scotch #were #would

It would be simply suicidal to French Canadians to form a party by themselves. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#form #french #party #simply #suicidal

The Divinity could be invoked as well in the English language as in the French. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#divinity #english #english language #french #invoked