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
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 was built on dead beavers.
—Margaret Atwood (b.1939) Canadian Writer, Poet, Critic
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 Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been.
—Stephen Harper
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
The world is now unipolar and contains only one superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower.
—Stephen Harper
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 Political Scientist, Humorist
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
The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
—V. S. Pritchett (1900–97) British Short Story Writer, Biographer, Memoirist, Literary Critic
When they said Canada, I thought it was up in the mountains somewhere.
—Marilyn Monroe (1926–62) American Actor, Model, Singer
A Canadian is sort of like an American, but without the gun.
—Anonymous
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