Canadian Values Quotes

Canada first, Canada last, and Canada always.

As leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, I commit to work with all Conservatives to live up to the promise of our great country.

Canada is free and freedom is its nationality.

I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian.

I'm extremely patriotic. I'll always be Canadian.

First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from America in the sense that it's very tied to traditions that were born in Britain.

The honour of carrying the Canadian flag... brings with it a sense of duty, privilege, and above all, great pride.

I'm Canadian! My father's Canadian.

I'll always represent Canada. I was born here, and my parents chose to immigrate here. There are so many things I don't see in other countries, I see here. I love having the Maple Leaf behind me.

A person that wants to come to our country must share our Canadian values.

Really, it's only been since the '70s that Canadians have had any pride in their country.

We are very proud, wherever we are in the world, to tell you about Canadian values and what we think is the right thing for Canada to do. And when it comes to refugees, we very much believe in welcoming refugees to our country, and that includes Syrian refugees, and that includes Muslim refugees.

Why would I be embarrassed about being Canadian? I'm very proud. We're just the nicest people. Everyone likes us.

My family was a good family, I had a great Canadian education and I came up in a great, little town like Ottawa.

Say 'Toronto' or 'Ontario,' and the immediate thought associations are with a somewhat blander version of North America: a United States with a welfare regime and a more polite street etiquette, and the additionally reassuring visage of Queen Elizabeth on the currency.

Canada had the good health-care system and educational system. It was a privilege for me to grow up there.

(Canada) - the most parochial nationette on earth ... I have been living in this sanctimonious icebox ... painting portraits of the opulent Methodists of Toronto. Methodism and money in this city have produced a sort of hell of dullness.

Fighting for human rights, a commitment to social justice and treating people with dignity are all things that are important to us as Canadians.

As Canadians who proudly demand the equal treatment of minorities, religious freedom, gender equality and basic human rights for its citizens - allowing our political leaders to shamefully ignore these values in the name of business abroad, falls short of the high standard we rightfully set for ourselves.

I am so proud to be a Canadian.

If Canada were really that great, it would be a state.

Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty, as they do air, without thought or appreciation.

I'm a Canadian. I've always been a Canadian.

My childhood was very difficult. I had every childhood disease and then some, but my parents didn't mollycoddle me. They left me to fight those battles on my own. I guess that was very Canadian, very stoic. But it's good. I had to become a warrior. I had to give up hope and find a substitute for hope that would be far more stable.

Canada is a big part of my life.