Romeo LeBlanc Quotes

• We owe the Aboriginal peoples a debt that is four centuries old. It is their turn to become full partners, in developing an even greater Canada. And the reconciliation required may be less a matter of legal texts than of attitudes of the heart.

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  Attitude   Heart   Matter  

  Romeo LeBlanc's Speech on the occasion of the presentation of the 1996 Native Role Models, archive.gg.ca. February 23, 1996.

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• I fear that by gaining a limit, we'll lose an excuse.

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  Limits   Excuse   Loses  

  Speech as Fisheries Minister, at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, September 16, 1975.

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• I am told that there is a proverbial phrase among the Inuit: 'a long time ago, in the future.' Let the children see our history, and maybe it will help to shape the future.

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  Children   Long   Inuit  

  Address to the Empire Club and the Royal Commonwealth Society, June 26, 1996.

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• We send our [peacekeepers] off to some disputed zone, full of local intrigue and power blocs and uncertainty and danger, and they are supposed to save lives not with their weapons, but through their competence and their character. And they do it.

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  Character   Weapons   Save A Life  

  Speech on the occasion of the presentation of the insignia of the Order of Military Merit, February 05, 1997.

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• If I am to be known for anything, I would like it to be for encouraging Canadians, for knowing a little bit about their daily, extraordinary courage. And for wanting that courage to be recognized.

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  Knowing   Littles   Extraordinary  

  Romeo LeBlanc's Installation Speech, February 8, 1995.

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• The hope of courage lies in every heart, together with the fear that we will fail. When the test came, you did not fail.

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  Lying   Heart   Together  

  Speech at the Ceremony for Decorations for Bravery, June 23, 1995.

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