Vincent Massey: Tradition

Vincent Massey was Governor General of Canada. Explore interesting quotes on tradition.

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“We are not born of the passions of war or of the fervours of revolution. And we grew quietly into the realization that, set as we are in a great wide land, with all our differences, there are certain traditions and ideals which we had in common, and which could best be preserved in a distinct society of our own.”

Address to the Canadian Club of Vancouver, October 14, 1952
Speaking Of Canada - (1959)

“We can best serve the cause of Canadian unity and understanding by living first in and through and then beyond our own immediate traditions.”

Address to the Canadian Club of Ottawa, December 18, 1952
Speaking Of Canada - (1959)

“We must pass through the barriers of language and race, of geography and religion, of custom and tradition and we must build on a common foundation.”

Address at a Citizenship Ceremony, Winnipeg Manitoba, May 20, 1955
Speaking Of Canada - (1959)