Quebec Independence Quotes

Long live free Quebec!

There will be no annexation of ourselves or our territory to an independent Quebec without our consent.

Sovereignty was not an issue in this campaign. The sovereignty numbers that were there before the campaign are still there. Sovereignty is as alive as it was. But there is work to do to convince Quebecers.

Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec!

We should have mastered Quebec and been in possession of Canada.

Sovereigntism and separatism they are… it may seem like it's splitting hairs, but a lot of Quebecers are sovereignists - they respect the sovereignty of Quebec. They're not interested in separating.

The biggest risk to Quebec isn't sovereignty. It is staying in Canada.

New Canada must be workable without Quebec, but it must be open and attractive enough to include a New Quebec.

From that moment on, there will be an irreversible process to separate Quebec from Canada.

I want my own country, not against Canada but for Quebec.

Quebec will secede from Canada and form an independent republic. The 3 prairie provinces--Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba--will likewise secede and become part of the U.S.

My victory is your victory. My victory is the victory of a unified party, a party that wants to propose to the Quebec people a country that is free and a country that is independent.

If, as is believed by many Canadians, Canada can not exist without Quebec, then it simply does not deserve to exist.

I want to tell Quebecers that are listening: if you want to get back to the goal of creating a country, only a majority government can do it, a sovereigntist government of the Parti Quebecois.

If Quebecers want to keep the Canadian dollar, they'll keep it - and nobody can stop that, end of debate.

We want an independent Quebec within a strong and united Canada.

Unfortunately [René] Lévesque had so little self confidence in Quebec and in the people themselves, that he fell for that and, yes, he'd say, you know, it might be ruinous for us economically.

I hope that one day the people of Quebec will one day be a part of the concert of nations. This is an internal debate. This will happen when Quebecers are ready.