Gr 10 academic historyexam “quote” review

20th century Prime Ministers and

Other notable Canadian politicians

Quote #1

• “the government has no place in the bedrooms of the nation.”

• “you are not a true canadian until you have made love in a canoe.” Pierre Trudeau, PM 1968-

1979 and 1980 - 1984

Quote #2

• “Not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary.”

• “we will do nothing to combat the great depression.”

William L.M. King, PM 1920 -30 and 1935 - 48

Quote #3

• “There is an iron curtain that has descended on europe, separating the democratic and communist countries.”

PM Churchill 1940 - 1945

Quote #4

• “Confederation is only yet in the gristle, and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone.”

• “I love being the first prime minister in Canada’s history.” Sir John A. Macdonald, PM

1878- 1891

Quote #5

• “We must send peacekeepers to the Suez.”

• “The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.” Lester B. Pearson, PM 1963 - 68

Quote #6

• “I must cancel the Avro Arrow program.”

• “I am the first Prime Minister of this country of neither altogether English nor French origin. So I determined to bring about a Canadian citizenship that knew no hyphenated consideration” John Diefenbaker, PM 1957 - 63

Quote #7

• “I didn’t sell those airplanes for personal profit.”

• “You cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none.”

Brian Mulroney, PM 1984 - 1993

Quote #8

• “A la prochaine fois.”

Rene Levesque, Premier of Quebec 1976 - 1985

Quote #9

• “A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.”

• “If I am elected, I will cancel the GST.”

Jean Chretien, PM 1993 - 2003

Quote #10

• “Those jobless Easterner’s need to get out of Calgary.”

• “Quebec is part of Canada as much as a cat in the mouth of a crocodile is a part of the crocodile."

Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta

Quote #11

• “That didn’t last long. I can’t believe they re-elected Trudeau.”

• “Maybe I won’t be known as Joe Who anymore.”

Joe Clark, PM for a few months

Quote #12

• “I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister.”

• “That Brian Mulroney left me and the conservative party in a bit of a hole after he resigned….how am I gonna win the next election.”

Kim Campbell, 1st Female Prime Minister of Canada

Quote #13

• “Dec 7th, a day which will live in infamy…”

• “We will stay out of world war ii as long as possible…despite my own personal view on the subject.”

Franklin Roosevelt, US President from 1933 - 1945

Quote #14

• “I shall prorogue Parliament, because Canada cannot be governed by three parties.”

• “If I was PM when the USA entered Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction, Canada would be there too.” Stephen Harper, PM 2006 to

present

Quote #15

• “This new St Lawrence Seaway will open up the great lakes to international shipping.”

• “these new construction projects will leave a lasting legacy in postwar Canada.” Louis St. Laurent, PM 1948 - 1957

Quote #16

• “The victory today at Vimy Ridge will be a defining moment in Canadian history.”

• “I am going to change the voter eligibility in this election of 1917.”

Sir Robert Borden, PM 1911 - 20

Quote #17

• “The 19th Century belonged to the USA but I think the 20th Century will definitely belong to Canada ”

• “I don’t think that Canada should have conscription in 1917.” Sir Wilfrid Laurier, PM 1894 - 1911

Quote #18

• “Oh great, I won the election of 1930, now all I have to deal with is this great depression.”

R.B. Bennett, PM 1930 - 1935

Quote #19

• “I think that Canada needs a universal healthcare system.”

Tommy Douglas, NDP Leader and Winner of Nations Greatest Canadian Contest