I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act.

When electors asked directly whom they should vote forthe cagey priests contented themselves with informing them that le ciel est bleu l'enfer est rouge – heaven is blue hell is red. Laurier's portrait is displayed on the Canadian five-dollar bill. Laurier attended the College of L'Assomption and graduated in law from McGill University.

Macdonald and Pierre Trudeau. He is well known for his policies of conciliation expanding Confederation and compromise between French and English Canada. Laurier is the fourth-longest serving Prime Minister of Canada behind William Lyon Mackenzie King John A.