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“Geoffrey Learmonth strives to invest in his physical and mental well-being every day. The time he sets aside for his family is one he wants to expand on the most. He believes this is the best way to further his goal of running his own investment consulting business in the future. With a unique skill set of understanding and helping people reach their lifelong financial goals, Geoffrey is confident in his future aspirations.”

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Author:Geoffrey Learmonth Halifax NS

“The greatest writers of the Whig party, Burke and Macaulay, constantly represented the statesmen of the Revolution as the legitimate ancestors of modern liberty. It is humiliating to trace a political lineage to Algernon Sidney, who was the paid agent of the French king; to Lord Russell, who opposed religious toleration at least as much as absolute monarchy; to Shaftesbury, who dipped his hands in the innocent blood shed by the perjury of Titus Oates; to Halifax, who insisted that the plot must be supported even if untrue; to Marlborough, who sent his comrades to perish on an expedition which he had betrayed to the French; to Locke, whose notion of liberty involves nothing more spiritual than the security of property, and is consistent with slavery and persecution; or even to Addison, who conceived that the right of voting taxes belonged to no country but his own. Defoe affirms that from the time of Charles II. to that of George I. he never knew a politician who truly held the faith of either party; and the perversity of the statesmen who led the assault against the later Stuarts threw back the cause of progress for a century.”

Halifax John Locke Whig Philosophy Algernon Sidney Whig Whig Literature

Book:The History of Freedom and Other Essays

Source: The History of Freedom and Other Essays

“Here were the results of a city underprepared for wartime growth, a city caught napping, while it quickly became one of the most crucial ports in North America as the Allies fought the Germans.”

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Book:We Happy Few

Source: We Happy Few

“The people of Halifax also invented the harmonium, a device for castrating pigs during Sunday service.”

People Humorous Sunday Devices Pigs Halifax

Author:Mike Harding

“It is the English, not their Government; for if they were not blind cowards, they would lynch Chamberlain and Halifax and all the other smarmy traitors.”

Ifs Government Blind Coward Traitor Chamberlain Halifax

Author:Enoch Powell

“In America there's lot of cool cities, but in Canada there's, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they're so expensive. Montreal is the only city that's affordable but also has buses and culture.”

Wells May America Culture Cities Expensive Canada Bus Affordable Being Cool Toronto Vancouver Montreal Halifax

Author:Grimes

“The Halifax area has long played a major role in Canada's military operations, being the port of departure for convoys, naval task forces and army units over the past 100 years or so.”

Years Long Past Force Roles Military Majors Areas Tasks Army Operations Canada Units Over The Past Port Departure Naval Military Operations Task Forces Halifax

Author:Willie Morris

“Perhaps the highest goodness attainable is a life of service to all mankind. Such an ideal is supported in nearly every page in the Gospels-the parables, the sermons, and the countless acts of service by our Lord Himself. The ideal is not limited to any particular kind of service, nor a given quantity of service. The ideal is accepting life itself as a trust to be used in the welfare of mankind. It is a life that is glad for the chance to be of any help, an attitude that 'service is the rent we pay for our own room on earth.' (Lord Halifax)”

“Why get rid of Chamberlain to put in Halifax? It's like getting rid of the organ-grinder to put in the monkey.”

Organs Monkeys Grinder Chamberlain Halifax

Author:Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn

“I was in a store in Halifax, Nova Scotia that I love, sort of like an environmental friendly sort of store. But they had a great book section. So I went in there all the time. The woman who worked there - which I feel so bad; I've forgotten her name - she handed me the book and she said, "Hey, you should read this. I think it would make a good movie." I remember reading the back of it and I was like, "Huh." Then I just devoured the book and I was so moved by it and said, "Why don't we start developing this into a film?" So that's how it ['Into the Forest'] all started.”

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Author:Ellen Page

“I was on a founding members of the Canadian theatre movement in the late 60's till the mid 70's and performed theatre from Halifax to Vancouver and all places in between.”

Movement Members Late Theatre Founding Vancouver Halifax

Author:Nick Mancuso

“Halifax against Spurs, the original David against Goliath confrontation”

Football Originals Soccer Confrontation Commentators Spurs Funny Soccer Goliath Halifax

Author:John Helm

“The band may be small in terms of numbers with only two members, but Halifax rockers The Town Heroes are mighty in sound.”

May Two Sound Term Numbers Hero Band Members Towns Rockers Halifax

Author:Ken Kelly