243 quotes found
“Canadian nationalism was systematically encouraged and exploited by American capital. Canada moved from colony to nation to colony.”
“We are being swallowed up by the popular culture of the United States but then the Americans are being swallowed up by it too. It's just as much a threat to American culture as it is to ours.”
“Ours is a sovereign nation Bows to no foreign will But whenever they cough in Washington They spit on Parliament Hill.”
“Never hear anything bad about Canada that's one thing - in fact I guess it's the only thing.”
“Of course Canadians are different. There is no malice in us. We are the family doctor whom no one has called in for consultation. We are the children of the midday who see all in the clear shallo...”
“Canada is a society rather than a nation.”
“I know that Nature designs that this whole continent not merely these thirty-six states shall be sooner or later within the magic circle of the American union.”
“Living next to the United States is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast one is affected by every twitch and grunt.”
“In Canada we have enough to do keeping up with two spoken languages ... so we just go right ahead and use English for literature Scotch for sermons and American for conversation.”
“Canada reminds me of vichyssoise - it's cold half-French and difficult to stir.”
“The story of Canada is that if one meeting fails you have another meeting.”
“Our country has shown a lack of will to resist its own disintegration .. . Canada is practically the only country left in the world which is a pure colony colonial in psychology as well as in merc...”
“Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty as they do air without thought or appreciation.”
“Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States.”
“'Old Tomorrow.'”
“'Rich by nature poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.”
“Canadian politics in British Columbia is an adventure on the Prairies a cause in Ontario a business in Quebec a religion in the Maritimes a disease.”
“(Canada) - the most parochial nationette on earth ... I have been living in this sanctimonious icebox ... painting portraits of the opulent Methodists of Toronto. Methodism and money in this city h...”
“When I stand on a street in a Canadian city and look across the street it couldn't be anywhere but Canada but how can I prove it?”
“Newfoundland is a great English ship moored near the Banks during the fishing season for the convenience of the English fishermen.”
