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We all have our hopes and our fears, but over the years, citizens of varying backgrounds have come forth with their own notions of the Canadian identity. Most of the time it is been defined and contrasted by opposition to the American one. On this page we list the relevant quotes that were found over the internets on the subject of annexation in the Canadian-American context. Enjoy! If you find more, don't hesitate, send them in, and they will be added to this list! Sometimes, popular figures make comments relating to annexation, that are not documented as text on the internets, but are rather made available through other mediums such as www.youtube.com and others. If you notice any audio-visual statement worthy of mention, let us know! |
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"Many Canadian nationalists harbour the bizarre fear that should we ever reject royalty, we would instantly mutate into Americans, as though the Canadian sense of self is so frail and delicate a bud, that the only thing stopping it from being swallowed whole by the US is an English lady in a funny hat." |
Will Furguson |
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"All I want is just the western portions, the ski areas, the cow-boys & the right-wingers." |
Ann Coulter |
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"There may be a spectacle perhaps nobler yet than the spectacle of a united continent, a spectacle which would astound the world by its novelty and grandeur," - the spectacle of two peoples living in amity side by side for a distance of 4,000 miles." |
Wilfrid Laurier |
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"We Canadians live in a blind spot about our identity. We have very strong feelings about who we aren't but only weak ones about who we are. We're passionate about what we don't want to become but oddly passive about what we should be." |
John Cruickshank |
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"Conditions today in Canada make for annexation rather than for imperial federation. The penetrative influence of trade by rail and coastal lines, the mental propensity of the two peoples living under the same or similar conditions, industrial and social, the constant inter-communication of Canadians and Americans are all powerful factors making for annexation." |
Henri Bourassa |
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"You're great and we will annex your country when we need to, and you'll be ok!" |
Glenn Beck |
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