Famous quotes
Quotes by famous people, credited to who said them. Your own quotes must not match any of these. More are added all the time. 1,158,808 quotes Who coined it · How we decide
EnglishItalianoPolskiעבריתFrançaisPortuguêsفارسیEspañol中文РусскийDeutschالعربيةहिन्दी日本語ΕλληνικάLatina
John A. Macdonald
5 quotes
“He hoped that Britain and Canada would have "a healthy and cordial alliance. Instead of looking upon us as a merely dependent colony, England will have in us a friendly nation, a subordinate but still a powerful people to stand by her in North America in peace or in war.”
John A. Macdonald (1815–1891) first seen 1865 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1865, quoted on page 394 of Canadian Constitutional Development: Shown by Selected Speeches and Dispatches, with Introductions and Explanatory Notes published 1907
“the Aryan races will not wholesomely amalgamate with the Africans or the Asiatics .. the cross of those races, like the cross of the dog and the fox, is not successful; it cannot be, and never will be.”
John A. Macdonald (1815–1891) first seen 1582 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: speaking about the Chinese, debating the 1885 Electoral Franchise Act in the House of Commons, Official Report of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada (Ottawa: Maclean, Roger & co, 1885) (Hencef…
“As for myself, my course is clear. A British subject I was born — a British subject I will die. With my utmost effort, with my latest breath, will I oppose the ‘veiled treason’ which attempts by sordid means and mercenary proffers to lure our people from their allegiance.”
John A. Macdonald (1815–1891) first seen 1891 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: February 3, 1891 as the 1891 election was called, fought largely over the issue of free trade with the United States; reported at Historic Canada.
“Let us be English or let us be French, but above all let us be Canadians”
John A. Macdonald (1815–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes, but the people would prefer John A. drunk to George Brown sober.”
John A. Macdonald (1815–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source