Bourassa Quotes & Sayings

So long as the majority of Canadians have two countries, one here and one in Europe, national unity will remain a myth and a constant source of internecine quarrels. — Henri Bourassa

But even as she told herself that, she remembered the way Cal had looked today with his shirt off while he'd stood on the ladder and scraped the side of Annie's house. Watching those muscles bunch and flex every time he moved had made her crazy and she'd finally grabbed his shirt, thrown it at him, and delivered a stern lecture on the depletion of the ozone layer and skin cancer. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Be a mere assistant to your unconscious. Do only half the work. The rest will do itself. — Jean Cocteau

It seemed to be inadmissible to give in on such a fundamental point. This would have meant that any one who would have wanted to be a terrorist could gain eventually their freedom thanks to another kidnapping. — Robert Bourassa

There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention. — Robert Bourassa

There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners. — Robert Bourassa

It is very difficult to know what may be in the back of the mind of public figures. — Robert Bourassa

One can always debate questions back and forth. — Robert Bourassa

There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical. — Robert Bourassa

I have always said that we did not expect a revolution in the streets. — Robert Bourassa

You only need a few people to effect a kidnapping. — Robert Bourassa

My philosophy has always been to stand with all countries and all humanity. — Lazarus Of Bethany

If I go out of public life with one feeling, with one conviction, it is this : a deep regret for many bitter words I have used in my life, deep sincere repentance for my violence of language. But I hope they will be forgiven me by God and man, because not once in all my life have I attacked anybody unjustly from my point of view, and without believing it was my duty to do so. — Henri Bourassa

Some voices get hard and tight with age, some rough like broken glass. — Shannon Hale

Our special task, as French Canadians, is to insert into America the spirit of Christian France. — Henri Bourassa

There is Ontario patriotism, Quebec patriotism, or Western patriotism; each based on the hope that it may swallow up the others, but there is no Canadian patriotism, and we can have no Canadian nation when we have no Canadian patriotism. — Henri Bourassa

Let us be French as the Americans are English. — Henri Bourassa

A diplomat had been kidnapped, a cabinet minister had been kidnapped, they were under threats of murder. The police forces were rather tired. After a whole week, we were unable to find those that had effected the kidnappings. — Robert Bourassa

When I first immigrated to the United States, there were not many jobs that stood out. So I worked at a gas station, cleaning. — Do Won Chang

To be happy, make others happy. — Stephen Richards

We all have the means to be prosperous. We have to find the balance between our wealth and our needs — Robert Bourassa