Robert Bourassa Quotes
There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners.
The United States, since its inception has always had an empathy for other peoples who sought independence, but at the same time we had an early principle of isolationism and not getting involved with quarrels abroad. Also America was inhibited by other unrelated issues from assisting people seeking independence.
This is a classic Egyptian political technique. Egyptian political leaders espouse democratic values and endorse human rights, but control and regulate the actual exercise of rights so that “unacceptable” groups or people can never really assemble or protest. They make an application to demonstrate and find themselves arrested or “detained” so the Egyptians can say that no one is refused the right to assemble. Their permit was not denied.
Robert Bourassa, GOQ was a Canadian politician from Quebec. He served as the 22nd Premier of Quebec in two different mandates, first from May 12, 1970, to November 25, 1976, and then from December 12, 1985, to January 11, 1994, serving a total of just under 15 years as Provincial Premier.
