Charles Tupper/Quotes

Charles Tupper was a Canadian politician, a Father of Confederation, and the sixth Prime Minister of Canada.
== Dated Quotes ==
=== 1880s ===
* "I confess that my experience in Washington the crass ignorance of everything Canadian among the leading public men, makes me attach the greatest importance to our having an able man in a position to dispel that ignorance. Next to having an influential representative here, the interests of Canada demand one at Washington. Of course I know all this is purely speculative, as I am well aware that you could not be spared from your present post, but 'them's my sentiments.'"
** 1 December 1888, letter to Sir John A. MacdonaldThe Correspondence of Sir John Macdonald - Edited by Sir Joseph Pope - 1921 - Doubleday, Page & Company - Page 432
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