Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Jacques Parizeau

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian economist Jacques Parizeau.
Last updated on September 30, 2024.
Jacques Parizeau

Jacques Parizeau was a Canadian politician and Québécois economist who was a noted Quebec sovereigntist and the 26th premier of Quebec from September 26, 1994, to January 29, 1996.

Don't be afraid of your dreams.
I was born to be a teacher, and I'll die a teacher.
There is no ageism or 'youthism' when it comes to freedom of speech. We are all citizens. — © Jacques Parizeau
There is no ageism or 'youthism' when it comes to freedom of speech. We are all citizens.
When politics is interesting, people go vote.
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!
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.
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