“It is quite normal to be racist, but it is criminal to remain one.”

—  Pierre Bourgault

Il est presque normal d'être raciste, mais il est criminel de le demeurer.
La Culture. Écrits polémiques. Lanctôt Éditeur, 1996 p.297, tome 2

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