Pierre Berton Quotes

• Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.

  Pierre Berton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Freedom

  78 Copy quote

• The nation is bound together by its creative artists and not by parallel lines of rusting steel.

  Pierre Berton

  Artist, Creative, Together

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• A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe.

  Pierre Berton

  Making Love, Canada, Patriotism And Nationalism

  Quoted in The Canadian, 22 Dec. 1973

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• The more I see of the country, the less I feel I know about it. There is a saying that after five years in the north every man is an expert; after ten years, a novice.

  Pierre Berton

  Country, Men, Years

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• I only write books about dead people. They can't sue.

  Pierre Berton

  Book, Writing, People

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• My best advice to writers is get yourself born in an interesting place.

  Pierre Berton

  Interesting, Advice, Born

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• Will a guaranteed annual wage kill incentive among the poor? If a man is given a certain amount of security, won't he quit working? Exactly the same contention could be made about the sons of the wealthy who are left large fortunes. Yet the evidence suggests that, given economic freedom, people will generally choose to do that which interests them most. It is up to society to see that these interests are widened and that too requires investment.

  Pierre Berton

  Son, Men, People

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