Wilfrid Laurier citations

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, né Henry Charles Wilfrid Laurier le 20 novembre 1841 à Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaie au Québec et mort le 17 février 1919 à Ottawa en Ontario, fut un homme d'État et le septième Premier ministre du Canada de 11 juillet 1896 au 7 octobre 1911 et le premier francophone à accéder à ce poste.

Considéré comme l'un des plus grands hommes d'État canadiens, il est noté surtout pour son politique de réconciliation et de compromis entre francophones et anglophones du Canada et pour sa défense d'un partenariat entre les deux « peuples fondateurs » du Canada et est souvent présenté comme le premier ministre qui a fait entrer le Canada dans le XXe siècle. Wikipedia

✵ 20. novembre 1841 – 17. février 1919

Wilfrid Laurier: Citations en anglais

“First of all we must insist that the immigrant that comes here is willing to become a Canadian and is willing to assimilate our ways, he should be treated on equal grounds and it would be shameful to discriminate against such a person for reasons of their beliefs or the place of birth or origin. But it is the responsibility of that person to become a Canadian in all aspects of life, nothing else but a Canadian. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says that he is a Canadian, but tries to impose his customs and habits upon us, is not a Canadian. We have room for only one flag, the Canadian flag. There is room for only two languages here, English and French. And we have room for loyalty, but only one, loyalty to the Canadian people. We won’t accept anyone, I’m saying anyone, who will try to impose his religion or his customs on us.”

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allegedly said in 1907 according to 13 March 2013 article http://princearthurherald.com/en/politics-2/another-gaffe-by-trudeau-551 by Michael Eugenio of the Herald. The quote was also used 8 December 2015 by David Kendrick in Guelph Mercury https://www.guelphmercury.com/opinion-story/6163164-canada-is-losing-some-of-its-identity/
3 March 2017 report by Melissa Martin of Winnipeg Free Press https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/goodnews/moment-of-clarity-in-my-canada-415358084.html described as having been wrongly attributed for at least 7 years, based on a Teddy Roosevelt quote
Misattributed