George-Etienne Cartier Quotes
The democratic element has a fortunate effect in the political sphere when it is balanced by another force. We have this advantage over our neighbors, the Americans, who have extreme democracy.
George-Etienne Cartier, 1814-1873, Leader of the Canadian Confederation movement, Speech, Montreal, October 20, 1866
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The words “extensive empire” imply that Jefferson who doubled the size of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase was thinking of a nation that spanned the continent and was happy with the fact that the Constitution did not obstruct the addition of additional states and territories.
Commenting on the concept of democracy and it's lack of Biblical justification:
When ambassador to Great Britain, he was very supportive of the British Fascists, and was an admirer of Adolf Hitler. Once war with Germany was commenced, Kennedy predicted that England would lose the war and became a fascist puppet state controlled by Germany. He opposed Lend Lease and the other efforts of the Roosevelt administration to assist England to fight off the Germans. Ironically his oldest son died in a dangerous volunteermission fighting Germany in the War. Kennedy's earlier pro-German views ended his political career and was an embarassment to his sons when they entered politics.
Many of the early democracies had failed when in crises the citizens turned to a strong leader who soon became a monarch. The early democracies did not have the mature democratic institutions that we now know are so important for the success of a democracy.
Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, PC was a Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. The English spelling of the name—George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling—is explained by him having been named in honour of King George III.
