Jacques Parizeau

“Don't be afraid of your dreams.”

“When politics is interesting, people go vote.”

“There is no ageism or 'youthism' when it comes to freedom of speech. We are all citizens.”

“When the Canadian confederation took place in 1867, a lot of people in Quebec said, 'Could we have a referendum?' They said, 'Oh, no. In the British tradition, the Parliament can do anything, excluding changing a man into a woman, and, therefore, no referendum' - and that was that.”

“If Quebecers want to keep the Canadian dollar, they'll keep it - and nobody can stop that, end of debate.”

“I was born to be a teacher, and I'll die a teacher.”

“For the most part, the only contact that most Quebecers have with the world of Islam is through these images of violence, repeated over and over: wars, riots, bombs, the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Boston marathon... The reaction is obvious: We'll have none of that here!”