Father of Canada

Famous quotes containing the words father of, father and/or canada:

    “It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.”
    —George Washington (1732–1799)

    ““O haud your tongue, my father dear,
    An’ dinna grieve your Sarah;
    A better lord was never born
    Than him I lost on Yarrow.”
    —Unknown. The Dowie Houms o’ Yarrow (l. 53–56)

    “Though the words Canada East on the map stretch over many rivers and lakes and unexplored wildernesses, the actual Canada, which might be the colored portion of the map, is but a little clearing on the banks of the river, which one of those syllables would more than cover.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)