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.

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.

Canada is free and freedom is its nationality.

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

Quebec does not have Opinions, but only sentiments.

If I were not French I would choose to be - Scotch.

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.

The twentieth century belongs to Canada.

A colony, yet a nation - words never before in the history of the world associated together.

It would be simply suicidal to French Canadians to form a party by themselves.

For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion; while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business.

They go to Paris to learn how to make bombs and they come back having learned only how to write poetry, which they think is more explosive.

It's a good day when a goddess gets on the school-bus with you.

I don't understand the problem with paroling Charles Manson? I say set him free and let him get on with his work. I have a long list of celebrities I'd be glad to share with him.

We forget the origin of a parvenu if he remembers it; we remember it if he forgets it.

I don't find acting and directing schizophrenic, in any way. I find it completely easy to move between the two.

Legislation that names a specific private organization to defund (rather than all organizations that engage in a particular activity) is improper and arguably unconstitutional.

But there is yet another form of this hidden heresy, and, paradoxically, it can affect those who are proudest of their long-standing and unimpeachable orthodoxy; heresy in the form of indifference.

If I should fall asleep and death takes me away, Don't be surprised son, I wasn't put here to stay.

You can't have Christ without the Church.