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

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

I am a subject of the British Crown, but whenever I have to choose between the interests of England and Canada it is manifest to me that the interests of my country are identical with those of the United States of America.

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.

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

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

I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act.