Father of Canada

Famous quotes containing the words father and/or canada:

    Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.
    Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)

    This universal exhibition in Canada of the tools and sinews of war reminded me of the keeper of a menagerie showing his animals’ claws. It was the English leopard showing his claws.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)