The Twentieth Century Belongs To Canada.

Confederation Is A Compact, Made Originally By Four Provinces But Adhered To By All The Nine Provinces Who Have Entered It, And I Submit To The Judgment Of This House And To The Best Consideration Of Its Members, That This Compact Should Not Be Lightly Altered.

I Have Been Represented As A Protestant Minister; There Was Not One Of The Canvassers Of The Honourable Gentlemen Opposite That Did Not Represent To The People That I Was Not A Minister Of The Crown, But That I Was A Protestant Minister

Whether Splendidly Isolated Or Dangerously Isolated, I Will Not Now Debate; But For My Part, I Think Splendidly Isolated, Because The Isolation Of England Comes From Her Superiority.

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.

If I Were Not French I Would Choose To Be - Scotch.