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Posted by: Camac 22-Mar-2010, 01:53 PM
As there is a topic "Quotes of the Founding Fathers (US)" I though I would start a topic of Famous Canadian Quotes. Some are funny, some are nasty, and some are poignant in that they define what Canada and her people are. The first one is:

" We will explaind the appeal of Curling to you if you explain the appeal of the National Rifle Association to us: Andy Barrie


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Posted by: Camac 24-Mar-2010, 08:50 AM
"Canada is like your attic, you forget that it's up there, but when you do go, it's like Oh man, look at all this great stuff" Anonymous



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Posted by: MacEoghainn 24-Mar-2010, 01:38 PM
God Bless America, but God help Canada to put up with them! Anonymous

Posted by: Camac 25-Mar-2010, 08:21 AM
"Our forms of Government- though both cast in the Democratic pattern-are greatly different. Indeed, sometimes it appears that many of our misunderstandings spring from an imperfect knowledge on the part of both of us of the dissimilarities in our forms of government" 1958 address to Parliament by Dwight D. Eisenhower



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Posted by: oldraven 25-Mar-2010, 09:41 AM
Hey Camac, great idea, but do you know any quotes on Canada that DON'T have to do with the United States opinion of us? They have their own thread. wink.gif

Posted by: Camac 25-Mar-2010, 11:26 AM
oldraven;

Yeah I have a bunch of quotes about Canada by people like JFK, Al Capone. Maggie Atwood,Gordie Howe, Trudeau,. A whole slou of them some funny some nasty, and some so true.

Camac

Posted by: MDF3530 25-Mar-2010, 08:03 PM
Don't forget the classic "Take off, eh!" tongue.gif biggrin.gif

Posted by: Camac 26-Mar-2010, 06:31 AM
'" All NHL players are Bi-Lingual. They speak English and Profanity". Gordie Howe (Mr Elbows)



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Posted by: oldraven 26-Mar-2010, 06:57 AM
I'll chime in.

"To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization." - Adrienne Clarkson

Posted by: Camac 26-Mar-2010, 07:27 AM
"Stumbling through darkness and racing through light, we have persisted in the creation of a Canadian Civilization" Adrienne Clarkson.



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Posted by: stoirmeil 26-Mar-2010, 06:08 PM
QUOTE (Camac @ 25-Mar-2010, 12:26 PM)
oldraven;

Yeah I have a bunch of quotes about Canada by people like JFK, Al Capone. Maggie Atwood,Gordie Howe, Trudeau,. A whole slou of them some funny some nasty, and some so true.

Camac

I love Margaret Atwood. smile.gif

Posted by: Camac 26-Mar-2010, 06:27 PM
stoirmeil;;

I have a confession; I have never read Atwood. Not my cup of Tea.


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Posted by: Antwn 26-Mar-2010, 08:52 PM
Great idea Camac!

Posted by: Camac 27-Mar-2010, 06:46 AM
"I wouldn't say it's cold but every year Winnipeg's Athelete of the year is an Ice Fisherman". Dale Talion

"Hudson's Bay is certainly country that Sinbad the Sailor never saw, as he makes no mention of mosquitoes". David Thompson




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Posted by: oldraven 27-Mar-2010, 08:43 AM
"The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the things you want to do."

- Barbara Ann Scott


"I believe the world needs more Canada."

- Bono


"A constitution nursed upon the oxygen of our bright winter atmosphere makes its owner feel as though he could toss about the pine trees in his glee."

- Lord Dufferin

Posted by: Camac 27-Mar-2010, 08:56 AM
"With or without the Royals we are not Americans, nor British, or French, or Void. We are something else and the sooner we define it the better". Will Ferguson



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Posted by: Camac 28-Mar-2010, 08:32 AM
"We're not the Public Service of Canada, we're not just another department. We are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people". Rick Hillier

"When a Soldier steps on foreign soil in a high-risk enviroment, every single Canadian should be walking with him or her". Rick Hillier




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Posted by: Camac 29-Mar-2010, 01:22 PM
"Canada has shown the world how to balance freedom with compassion and tradition with innovation, in your efforts to provide health care to all your citizens, to treat your senior citizens with the dignity and respect they deserve, to take on tough issues like the move afoot to outlaw automatic weapons designed for killing and not hunting"... 1995 Address to Canadian House of Commons, Bill Clinton


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Posted by: Camac 31-Mar-2010, 02:40 PM
"As always, Canada will now bury its war dead, just as the rest of the world, as always, will forget its sacrifice, just as it always forgets nearly everything Canada ever does. It seems that Canada's historic mission is to come to the sefless aid of both its friends and complete strangers, and then, once the crisis is over, to be well and truly ignored. Canada is the perpetual wallflower that stands on the edge of the hall, waiting for someone to come and ask her to dance". Kevin Meyers




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Posted by: Camac 01-Apr-2010, 06:50 PM
This in response to a certain "ANNEXATION" posting.


"After all, we fought the Yanks in 1812 and kicked them the hell out of our Country--but not with blanks." Farley Mowat.



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