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.

  Will Ferguson

  Humorous, Trying, Canada

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• 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.

  Will Ferguson

  Funny, Humorous, Home

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• 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.

  Chris Alexander

  Military, War, Fighting

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• 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.

  Nathan Fillion

  Teacher, School, Class

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

  Dave Foley

  Book, School, American History

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

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

  Ernst Zundel

  Gone, Trials

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

  F. R. Scott

  Two, Miracle, Survival

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