“It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it.” ShouldStillsCountryGovernmentSoundResponsibilityPrinciplesDutyFinanceProvidingRevenueSounder Author:Wilfrid Laurier
“Confederation is a compact, made originally by four provinces but adhered to by all the nine provinces who have entered it, and I submit to the judgment of this house and to the best consideration of its members, that this compact should not be lightly altered.” ShouldMadeHouseFourMembersJudgmentNineConsiderationSubmitAlteredProvincesCompactConfederation Author:Wilfrid Laurier
