Father of Canada

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

“The meaningful role of the father of the bride was played out long before the church music began. It stretched across those years of infancy and puberty, adolescence and young adulthood. That’s when she needs you at her side.”
—Tom Brokaw (20th century)

“My father liked to moralize, and so do I. But he was in earnest, while I am embarrassed and pretend that I am merely being witty.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“In Canada an ordinary New England house would be mistaken for the château, and while every village here contains at least several gentlemen or “squires,” there is but one to a seigniory.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)