List of Wilfrid Laurier Quotes

I Have Been Represented As A Protestant Minister; There Was Not One Of The Canvassers Of The Honourable Gentlemen Opposite That Did Not Represent To The People That I Was Not A Minister Of The Crown, But That I Was A Protestant Minister

Whether Splendidly Isolated Or Dangerously Isolated, I Will Not Now Debate; But For My Part, I Think Splendidly Isolated, Because The Isolation Of England Comes From Her Superiority.

For Us, Sons Of France, Political Sentiment Is A Passion; While, For The Englishmen, Politics Are A Question Of Business.

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.

The Divinity Could Be Invoked As Well In The English Language As In The French.

Confederation Is A Compact, Made Originally By Four Provinces But Adhered To By All The Nine Provinces Who Have Entered It, And I Submit To The Judgment Of This House And To The Best Consideration Of Its Members, That This Compact Should Not Be Lightly Altered.

Why, So Soon As French Canadians, Who Are In The Minority In This House And In The Country, Were To Organize As A Political Party, They Would Compel The Majority To Organize As A Political Party, And The Result Must Be Disastrous To Themselves.

The Englishman Respects Your Opinions, But He Never Thinks Of Your Feelings.

Quebec Does Not Have Opinions, But Only Sentiments.

It Would Be Simply Suicidal To French Canadians To Form A Party By Themselves.

If I Were Not French I Would Choose To Be - Scotch.

It Is A Sound Principle Of Finance, And A Still Sounder Principle Of Government, That Those Who Have The Duty Of Expending The Revenue Of A Country Should Also Be Saddled With The Responsibility Of Levying And Providing It.