"Less than fifteen cents to the province and more than twenty-five cents to Ottawa, this is far from being excessive!"

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Source : Bill 43, Québec Legislative Assembly, January 14, 1954.

Maurice Duplessis

#Fifteen Quotes #Ottawa Quotes #Twenties Quotes

“A sickness ... defines margins, crystallizes the shape of things.”

Source : Martha Ostenso (1938). “The Mandrake Root”
“Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.”
“Star Wars - the movie I saw 12 times as a 17-year-old. The movie that began a cultural and creative universe that now spans generations. For me to be a part of this in The Clone Wars is a dream come true.”
“Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.”
“Whatsoever we perpetrate, we do but row; we are steered by fate.”
“Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone”
“A lot of African wildlife is very big. If you're protecting the big stuff, you're usually protecting the small stuff, too. One of the main things we advocate for is for countries to set aside, even if it's fewer places, really big places, so that you can have viable populations.”
“Every morning like a scholar at his first class I prepare a blank mind for the day to write upon.”

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