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

What people referred me as is the Father of Manitoba.

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.

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

I suppose the half-breeds in Manitoba, in 1870, did not fight for two hundred forty acres of land, but it is to be understood there were two societies who treated together. One was small, but in its smallness it had its rights. The other was great, but in its greatness it had no greater rights than the rights of the small, because the right is the same for everyone.

I am more convinced everyday that without a single exception I did right. And I have always believed that, as I have acted honestly, the time will come when the people of Canada will see and acknowledge it.