“We are here a nation, composed of the most heterogeneous elements-Protestants and Catholics, English, French, German, Irish, Scotch, every one, let it be remembered, with his traditions, with his prejudices. In each of these conflicting antagonistic elements, however, there is a common spot of patriotism, and the only true policy is that which reaches that common patriotism and makes it vibrate in all toward common ends and common aspirations.” EndsNationsCommonPolicyElementsTraditionPrejudiceCatholicSpotsRememberedAspirationProtestantsScotchVibrate Author:Wilfrid Laurier
“I have been represented as a Protestant minister; there was not one of the canvassers of the honourable gentlemen opposite that did not represent to the people that I was not a Minister of the Crown, but that I was a Protestant minister” PeopleHas BeensOppositesMinistersGentlemanCrownsProtestants Author:Wilfrid Laurier