Canadian History Quotes

• The great themes of Canadian history are as follows: Keeping the Americans out, keeping the French in, and trying to get the Natives to somehow disappear.

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  Will Ferguson

  Humorous   Trying   Canada  

  3468

• The trial of Ernst Zundel has gone down in Canadian history.

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  Ernst Zundel

  Gone   Trials   Canadian History  

  386

• There are two miracles in Canadian history. The first is the survival of French Canada, and the second is the survival of Canada.

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  F. R. Scott

  Two   Miracle   Survival  

  3596

• I read and learned and fretted more about Canada after I left than I ever did while I was home. I absorbed anything I could on topics that ranged from Folklore to history to political mainifestos... I ranted and raved and seethed about things beyond my control. In short I acted like a Canadian.

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  Will Ferguson

  Funny   Humorous   Home  

  412

• When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.

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  Dave Foley

  Book   School   American History  

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. October 14, 1998.

  2336

• I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.

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  Nathan Fillion

  Teacher   School   Class  

  302

• The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in World War II, in Korea, in the Balkans, where we were involved in offensive military operations, and in Afghanistan, where we have made disproportionate contributions.

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  Chris Alexander

  Military   War   Fighting  

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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