Whether Splendidly Isolated Or Dangerously Isolated, I

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.

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

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

We French-canadians Belong To One Country, Canada: Canada Is For Us The Whole World: But The English-canadians Have Two Countries, One Here And One Across The Sea.

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.