Kim Campbell Quotes

Quebecers have rarely in their history been better represented than they are right now - at the highest levels of the federal government.

The federal government should not be an accessory to the unconstitutional actions of the Arizona state government. By continuing to work with Arizona police departments operating under SB 1070, the Department is implicitly condoning the shameful tactics authorized by the new law.

The federal government does not trample in jackboots those with whom it does business. It wraps them in cotton batting and, when they express ingratitude, apologizes profusely.

The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.

Why would it be ridiculous that Quebec has an army?

The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members.

No branch of the law is of more importance to the counsellor, the statesman, or the citizen, than a thorough acquaintance with the Constitution and laws of the Federal Government, as they are administered and as they affect the rights of the people.

This awareness instills a fierce desire to protect that heritage and - in doing so - to educate Americans in the meaning and importance of our pivotal documents.

And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.

For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.

Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.

All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues.

The first duty of our Government to its own citizens and foreigners within its borders is the preservation of order. Unless and until that duty is met a government is not even eligible for recognition among the family of nations.

Traitor? Traitor to what? My country is Quebec!

Ottawa gives to foreigners, Duplessis gives to his province.

Expect little of government, especially national government.

Every amendment which I am convinced will have the tendency to lesson the danger of civil liberty by the central government will receive my sincere approbation.

Where there is only a national representative government without local self-government, there is no liberty as we understand it

Awaken a feeling that our ancient buildings are not mere ecclesiastical toys, but sacred monuments of the nation's growth and hope.

English-speaking Canada, far from stifling Quebec, has acted...as a committed partner, a buffer, shielding its culture from the rest of an English-speaking continent that Quebecers perceive as a threatening force.

It doesn’t keep us safe and it doesn’t keep us free if we give up our liberties to the government.

I am going to make Washington as irrelevant to your lives as possible

Another privilege of a citizen of the United States is to demand the care and protection of the Federal government over his life, liberty, and property when on the high seas or within the jurisdiction of a foreign government.

Because of its rhetorical power, the Founding Fathers mythos is always going to be invoked for rhetorical legitimacy.

The Federal government we have today is unimaginable in the perspective of the Americans who debated the ratification of the original constitution.