8 Quotes & Sayings By Wilfrid Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier was the first prime minister of Canada and the seventh premier of Ontario. His government was a time of great innovation and growth for Canada, particularly in education policy. Established in 1912, the University of Waterloo opened that same year. Laurier's vision can be seen in the growth of Ontario's agriculture, technology, engineering, and medical sectors Read more

In 1971, Queen Elizabeth II granted the University Royal Assent and it became a self-governing university. In 2016, Laurier was named one of Canada's Greatest Canadians by the Canadian Heritage Awards Foundation.

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We French-Canadians belong to one country Canada: Canada is for us the whole world: but the English-Canadians have two countries one here and one across the sea. Wilfrid Laurier
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The twentieth century belongs to Canada. Wilfrid Laurier
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The Englishman respects your opinions but he never thinks of your feelings. Wilfrid Laurier
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I am not here to parade my religious sentiments, but I declare I have too much respect for the faith in which I was born to ever use it as the basis of a political organization. Wilfrid Laurier
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It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it. Wilfrid Laurier
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Let them look to the past, but let them also look to the future; let them look to the land of their ancestors, but let them look also to the land of their children. Wilfrid Laurier
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I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act. Wilfrid Laurier