“I am the first prime minister of this country of neither English nor French origin. So I determined to bring about a Canadian citizenship that knew no hyphenated consideration....I'm very happy to be able to say that in the House of Commons today in my party we have members of Italian, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Chinese and Ukrainian origin and they are all Canadians.” FirstsCountryTodayAbleHousePartyMembersDeterminedChineseMinistersConsiderationPrimeItalianCitizenshipVery HappyPrime MinisterDutchUkrainianHouse Of CommonsScandinavians Author:John Diefenbaker
“Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.” MayPoliticsStrongObjectsEssenceWordsFreedom Of SpeechCitizenshipResentProvocativeProvocation Book:The Wit & Wisdom of John Diefenbaker Source: The Wit & Wisdom of John Diefenbaker
