Richard Pound Quotes

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question.

English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

Bilingualism is not an imposition on the citizens - it is an imposition on the state.

The anglophones are Quebecers, as are the French, as are the new Quebecers.

You know, even growing up going to school, I had teachers that were against bilingual teaching. I never understood that. My parents always had me speak Spanish first knowing I was going to speak English in school.

Which would you rather have, capital lined up on your borders, trying to get into your country or trying to get out of your country? We are the capital magnet of this planet and we are the savior for not only people, for not only freedom, but also for capital.

With the United States in slow long-term decline, how will that affect the position of English? And where will all that leave monolingual Britain? Our political leaders like to boast about how global Britain is, but when it comes to languages, it is near the bottom of the global league, together with another island state, Japan.

Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been.

Make no mistake: one is not a better Quebecer because one speaks French. One is not less of a Quebecer because one speaks English. We all share the same rights.

The expenditure of county funds for the purpose of utilizing any language other than English, or promoting any culture other than that of the United States is prohibited.

English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and government of Canada.

Insist on one language. English for all Americans.

I'm against the idea of force-feeding all of Canada on two languages.

You cannot have one or two million immigrants a year and still have English as the only official language of the country.

Language is an instrument of development and struggle. Different nations have different languages. The interests of the proletariat of all Russia demand that the proletarians of the different nationalities inhabiting Russia shall have full right to use the language in which it is easiest for them to receive education, in which they can best oppose their enemies at meetings or in public, state and other institutions. That language is the native language.

I ask unanimous consent that I be able to deliver a floor speech on immigration reform in Spanish.

You can't be an American if you don't speak English. Our public schools should be mandated to teach all children in English.

Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.

I want to live in a Britain whose residents are determined to speak English.

Estonia maintains a two-language school system. I don't know many countries in the world that provide a system like ours. We are making sure that our Russian-speaking minority feels comfortable and involved in this country.

In this country, we value our open, free-market system - including the way it attracts international investment and talent to our country.

Living freely means being able to freely communicate in your native language and to be guided by the 10th article of the constitution, which defines Ukrainian as the only state language and guarantees the unhindered development of Russian and all the other languages.

Citizens of Canada of whom any child has received or is receiving primary or secondary school instruction in English or French in Canada, have the right to have all their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in the same language.

The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.

English should be acknowledged once and for all as the official language of the United States.