René Lévesque quotes

René Lévesque was a prominent Canadian politician and journalist, noted for his leadership in Quebec. Widely recognized as a founding figure of the Quebec sovereignty movement, he served as Premier of Quebec and leader of the Parti Québécois. He played a key role in shaping modern Quebec politics and promoting the province's cultural identity. Here are 7 of his quotes:

There is a time when quiet courage and audacity become for a people at the key moments of its existence the only form of adequate caution. If it does not then accept the calculated risk of the great steps, it can miss its career forever, exactly like the man who is afraid of life.

René Lévesque

I never thought that I could be so proud to be Québécois. [1].

René Lévesque

We are not a small people, we are maybe something of a great people.

René Lévesque

If I understood you well, you are telling me: Next time. [3].

René Lévesque

But I have confidence that one day... there's a normal rendezvous with History that Quebec will hold, and I have confidence that we shall be there, together, to witness it.

René Lévesque

And I would like to say we've got no lesson on that score to take from the McConnells, from anyone that has been dominating Quebec like a bunch of Rhodesians! The white group. If we have colours here you feel it and that is something we will not stand any more. This paternalistic, WASP ... and it is that, typically, WASP arrogance of the ones that have been leading our government and to the slush funds that they contribute to leaving both of our hacked bodies by the road for too long.

René Lévesque