We must cherish our inheritance. We must preserve our nationality for the youth of our future. The story should be written down to pass on.

I have nothing but my heart and I have given it long ago to my country.

I know that through the grace of God, I am the founder of Manitoba.

My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit back.

Deeds are not accomplished in a few days, or in a few hours. A century is only a spoke in the wheel of everlasting time.

I am glad that the Crown have proved that I am the leader of the Half-breeds in the North-West. I will perhaps be one day acknowledged as more than a leader of the Half-breeds, and if I am I will have an opportunity of being acknowledged as a leader of good in this great country.

People consider me more as hero. Apparently they like the way I stand up, for myself and give my opinion. The french speaking people weren't much of a person like me.