Robert Bourassa quotes

Robert Bourassa quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical.”
-- Robert Bourassa

#War Quotes #Censorship Quotes #Made Quotes
“A diplomat had been kidnapped, a cabinet minister had been kidnapped, they were under threats of murder. The police forces were rather tired. After a whole week, we were unable to find those that had effected the kidnappings.”
-- Robert Bourassa

#Tired Quotes #Police Quotes #Diplomats Quotes
“It is very difficult to know what may be in the back of the mind of public figures.”
-- Robert Bourassa

#Mind Quotes #May Quotes #Figures Quotes
“English Canada must clearly understand that, whatever is said or done, QuÃ©bec is, today and forever, a distinct society, that is free and able to assume [the control of] its destiny and its development.”
-- Robert Bourassa

#Destiny Quotes #Forever Quotes #Development Quotes
“There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention.”
-- Robert Bourassa

#Democratic Quotes
“There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners.”
-- Robert Bourassa

#Giving Quotes #Political Quotes #Mind Quotes
“I have always said that we did not expect a revolution in the streets.”
-- Robert Bourassa

#Revolution Quotes #Said Quotes #Streets Quotes
“We all have the means to be prosperous. We have to find the balance between our wealth and our needs”
-- Robert Bourassa

#Mean Quotes #Balance Quotes #Needs Quotes

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