Link Copied!
Maurice Duplessis Quotes (1890-1959)
About Maurice Duplessis
Maurice Duplessis (born April 20, 1890, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada; died September 7, 1959, Schefferville, Québec, Canada); controversial Premier of Québec from 1936 to 1940 and 1944 to 1959.
Maurice Duplessis Quotes
Shortest
Earliest
Explore our curated collection of the most famous and impactful Maurice Duplessis quotes.
“Less than fifteen cents to the province and more than twenty-five cents to Ottawa, this is far from being excessive!”
“This is about an admitted attempt, encouraged from outside, to challenge and break the State's authority. That is intolerable. Whoever deviates from this policy that I have established, privately or publicly, will be expelled from the Union Nationale.”
Quotes About Maurice Duplessis
Gain deeper perspective through quotes about Maurice Duplessis from others.
Stephane Filion on Maurice Duplessis
“The period leaves no one indifferent. And that was our goal. We present the facts. It's up to the public to decide.”
Bureau-Dufresne on Maurice Duplessis
“The saying goes that after the death of every great man there's a long period of ingratitude. I find Maurice Duplessis's period is lasting pretty long.”
Jean-Marc Beaudoin on Maurice Duplessis
Robert Fulford on Maurice Duplessis
“If I never read a business page, my admiration for him would be complete.”
Bloc Québécois on Maurice Duplessis
“Before Duplessis died, we’d all go to church and make our sign [of the cross], and a year later we didn’t go to Mass any more. So we looked for another set of values, one that was all-enveloping, like the Church.”
About Maurice Duplessis
Maurice Duplessis (born April 20, 1890, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada; died September 7, 1959, Schefferville, Québec, Canada); controversial Premier of Québec from 1936 to 1940 and 1944 to 1959.