Romeo LeBlanc quotes
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“I am told that there is a proverbial phrase among the Inuit: 'a long time ago, in the future.' Let the children see our history, and maybe it will help to shape the future.”
-- Romeo LeBlancSource : Address to the Empire Club and the Royal Commonwealth Society, June 26, 1996.
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“We owe the Aboriginal peoples a debt that is four centuries old. It is their turn to become full partners, in developing an even greater Canada. And the reconciliation required may be less a matter of legal texts than of attitudes of the heart.”
-- Romeo LeBlancSource : Romeo LeBlanc's Speech on the occasion of the presentation of the 1996 Native Role Models, archive.gg.ca. February 23, 1996.
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“We send our [peacekeepers] off to some disputed zone, full of local intrigue and power blocs and uncertainty and danger, and they are supposed to save lives not with their weapons, but through their competence and their character. And they do it.”
-- Romeo LeBlancSource : Speech on the occasion of the presentation of the insignia of the Order of Military Merit, February 05, 1997.
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“I fear that by gaining a limit, we'll lose an excuse.”
-- Romeo LeBlancSource : Speech as Fisheries Minister, at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, September 16, 1975.
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“If I am to be known for anything, I would like it to be for encouraging Canadians, for knowing a little bit about their daily, extraordinary courage. And for wanting that courage to be recognized.”
-- Romeo LeBlancSource : Romeo LeBlanc's Installation Speech, February 8, 1995.
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“The hope of courage lies in every heart, together with the fear that we will fail. When the test came, you did not fail.”
-- Romeo LeBlancSource : Speech at the Ceremony for Decorations for Bravery, June 23, 1995.
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“The music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out,like the wild imagination of a child.”
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Source : "Satires". Book by Juvenal, edited by A. E. Housman, p. XI, 1931.
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“The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.”
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“It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.”
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“I've been very influenced by Inuit art especially some drawings and watercolors I've seen.”
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Source : Address to the Empire Club and the Royal Commonwealth Society, June 26, 1996.
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