God has made Canada one of those nations which cannot be conquered and cannot be destroyed, except by itself.
—Norman Angell (1872–1967) English Economist, Writer, Pacifist
Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took.
—Stephen Harper
If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia.
—Margaret Atwood (b.1939) Canadian Writer, Poet, Critic
The world is now unipolar and contains only one superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower.
—Stephen Harper
When they said Canada, I thought it was up in the mountains somewhere.
—Marilyn Monroe (1926–62) American Actor, Model, Singer
The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
—V. S. Pritchett (1900–97) British Biographer, Memoirist, Short Story Writer, Critic
Canada is a place of infinite promise. We like the people, and if one ever had to emigrate, this would be the destination, not the U.S.A. The hills, lakes and forests make it a place of peace and repose of the mind, such as one never finds in the U.S.A.
—John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) English Economist
Canada was built on dead beavers.
—Margaret Atwood (b.1939) Canadian Writer, Poet, Critic
Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been.
—Stephen Harper
Canada has no cultural unity, no linguistic unity, no religious unity, no economic unity, no geographic unity. All it has is unity.
—Kenneth E. Boulding (1910–93) American Economist, Peace Activist
You can be a French Canadian or an English Canadian, but not a Canadian. We know how to live without an identity, and this is one of our marvellous resources.
—Marshall Mcluhan (1911–80) Canadian Writer, Thinker, Educator
Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
In Canada we have enough to do keeping up with two spoken languages … so we just go right ahead and use English for literature, Scotch for sermons, and American for conversation.
—Stephen Leacock (1869–1944) Canadian Humorist, Writer
A Canadian is sort of like an American, but without the gun.
—Anonymous
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