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René Lévesque Quotes

1922–1987

René Lévesque (August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a Québécois politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first Québécois political leader since Confederation to attempt, through a referendum, to negotiate the political independence of Quebec.

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We are not a small people, we are maybe something of a great people.

I never thought that I could be so proud to be Québécois.

If I understood you well, you are telling me: Next time. (

Whoever wants to be a Quebecer is one.

A bust of Rene Levesque at Hydro-Quebec.

But I have confidence that one day... there's a normal rendezvous with History that Quebec will hold, and I have confidence that we shall be there, together, to witness it.

There is a time when quiet courage and audacity become for a people at the key moments of its existence the only form of adequate caution. If it does not then accept the calculated risk of the great steps, it can miss its career forever, exactly like the man who is afraid of life.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: René Lévesque (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.