Quote#Politics & Power
He hoped that Britain and Canada would have "a healthy and cordial…
Quote byJohn A. Macdonald · 1815–1891
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dated, 1865, quoted on page 394 of Canadian Constitutional Development: Shown by Selected Speeches and Dispatches, with Introductions and Explanatory Notes published 1907.
English (original)
He hoped that Britain and Canada would have "a healthy and cordial alliance. Instead of looking upon us as a merely dependent colony, England will have in us a friendly nation, a subordinate but still a powerful people to stand by her in North America in peace or in war."
— John A. Macdonald
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