It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it.

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

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.

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

Quebec does not have Opinions, but only sentiments.

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.