| Canadian Quotes |
| Many things have been said about Canada, and Canadians, and below are a few of the more memorable quotes said. Some describe the great land we call home, while others show the lighter side of being Canadian. |
| "God Bless America, but God bless Canada for putting up with them!" --Anonymous "The US is our trading partner, our neighbour, our ally, and our friend...and sometimes we'd like to smack them!!" --Rick Mercer "We'll explain the appeal of curling to you when you explain the appeal of the National Rifle Association to us." --Andy Barrie "After all, we fought the Yanks in 1812 and kicked them the hell out of our country, but now with blanks" --Farley Mowat |
| "What is a Canadian? A Canadian is a fellow wearing English tweeds, a Hong Kong shirt and Spanish shoes, who sips Brazilian coffee sweetened with Philippine sugar from a Bavarian cup while nibbling Swiss cheese, sitting at a Danish desk over a Persian rug, after coming home in a German car from an Italian movie... and then writes his Member of Parliament with a Japanese ballpoint pen on French paper, demanding that he do something about foreigners taking away our Canadian jobs." - Anonymous "Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die." - Pierre Trudeau "I don't even know what street Canada is on." - Al Capone "It's going to be a great country when they finish unpacking it." - Andrew H. Malcom "Many Canadian nationalists harbour the bizarre fear that should we ever reject royalty, we would instantly mutate into Americans, as though the Canadian sense of self is so frail and delicate a bud, that the only thing stopping it from being swallowed whole by the US is an English lady in a funny hat." - Will Ferguson "When I�m in Canada, I feel this is what the world should be like." - Jane Fonda "A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe." - Pierre Burton "In a world darkened by ethnic conflicts that tear nations apart, Canada stands as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity and mutual respect." - Bill Clinton "Canadians have been so busy explaining to the Americans that we aren�t British, and to the British that we aren�t Americans, that we haven�t had time to become Canadians." - Helen Gordon McPherson "We have it all. We have great diversity of people, we have a wonderful land, and we have great possibilities. So all those things combined, there�s no where else I�d rather be." - Bob Rae "I wouldn�t let someone take my Canadian citizenship from me for anything." - Jim Kale of The Guess Who "Canada is an interesting place; the rest of the world thinks so, even if Canadians don't." - Terence M. Green "Canada has never been a melting-pot; more like a tossed salad." - Arnold Edinborough "If you don't think that your country should come before yourself, you can better serve your country by livin' someplace else." - Stompin' Tom Connors "As far as I'm concerned, I wouldn't want to go to any other country. It's good enough here." - Orviel Kruse "I'm not going to play politics on the floor of the House of Commons." - John Turner "I just think you Westerners should take over this country if you are so smart." - Pierre Trudeau "Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain." - Pierre Trudeau |
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| Of course what would a Canadian quote page be without some Canuck reference to the states... Here are a few... |
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