“If, as is believed by many Canadians, Canada can not exist without Quebec, then it simply does not deserve to exist.”

—  Pierre Bourgault

Si, comme le croient plusieurs Canadiens, le Canada ne peut exister sans le Québec, alors il ne mérite tout simplement pas d'exister.
La Colère. Écrits polémiques. Lanctôt Éditeur, 1996 p.257, tome 3

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