10 Quotes by John A. Macdonald

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    Let us be French, let us be English, but most importantly let us be Canadian!

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    Anybody may support me when I am right. What I want is someone that will support me when I am wrong.

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    Confederation is only yet in the gristle, and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone.

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    When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say We are going to have a summer shower.

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    As for myself, my course is clear. A British subject I was born – a British subject I will die. With my utmost effort, with my latest breath, will I oppose the ‘veiled treason’ which attempts by sordid means and mercenary proffers to lure our people from their allegiance.

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    A new Member requires the experience of his first session in the House to teach him how to hang up his overcoat and take his seat in a manner befitting a gentlemen.

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    When a man has done me an evil turn once, I don’t like to give him the opportunity to do so twice.

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