canada

To me it's very obvious there are huge cultural differences between Americans and Canadians. But a lot of what we are is American.

Living next to the United States is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

If a player continues transgressing the rules his side shall lose him.

To be Canadian is to live in relative calm and with great dignity.

We often say that we fear no invasion from the south but the armies of the south have already crossed the border - American enterprise American capital is taking rapid possession of our mines and our water power our oil areas and our timber limits.

You can be a French Canadian or an English Canadian but not a Canadian. We know how to live without an identity and this is one of our marvellous resources.

My father spoke French with a Bank of Montreal accent.

That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world.

The Americans are our best friends - whether we like it or not.

You are a big country now but you still tend to feel small and fragile. If the United States gets a cold you get pneumonia.

(Canada) - the most parochial nationette on earth ... I have been living in this sanctimonious icebox ... painting portraits of the opulent Methodists of Toronto. Methodism and money in this city have produced a sort of hell of dullness.

So long as the majority of Canadians have two countries one here and one in Europe national unity will remain a myth and a constant source of internecine quarrels.

I want history to jump on Canada's spine with sharp skates.

Ours is a sovereign nation Bows to no foreign will But whenever they cough in Washington They spit on Parliament Hill.

Scenery here in Canada is by the mile whereas in England it is by the foot. In England there is a great wealth of 'pretty bits'. In Canada there is a great lack of them. But there are grandeur vastness and expansive views.

The father of confederation is deadlock.

Canadians have been accustomed to define themselves by saying what they are not.

The story of Canada is that if one meeting fails you have another meeting.