Pierre Moreau Quotes

There is no linguistic war in Montreal.

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

Attempting to build a language wall around Quebec is precisely the wrong policy to follow. It will keep out of Quebec exactly what we need to attract by way of talent and capital; it will drive our best - francophones as well as allophones and anglophones, with their talents and capital - to leave Quebec.

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

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.

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

One thing I wish I'd been told in school is that my language is valid.

Whether the film is a Hindi film or in a South Indian language, I don't think it matters.

Republicans who criticize the use of two languages, I think, make a great mistake.

Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.

I grew up having two different perspectives - one in English, one in Spanish. Two different cultures, very different - but I think that, to me, it's one. I'm just as American as I feel Latin.

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

President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which.

I want to be open to the kids who only speak Spanish, the kids who speak only Spanglish, and the kids who don't even speak Spanish at all.

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.

Insist on one language. English for all Americans.

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.

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

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.

The ethos of 50 years ago was that there was one kind of English that was right and everything else was wrong; one kind of access that was right and everything else was inferior. Then nobody touched language for two generations. When it gradually came back in, we didn't want to go back to what we did in the 1950s. There's a new kind of ethos now.

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.

There are more than thousand mother tongues spoken in our country. This is not just a number but a reason to be proud of.