Confederation is a compact, made originally by four provinces but adhered to by all the nine provinces who have entered it, and I submit to the judgment of this house and to the best consideration of its members, that this compact should not be lightly altered.
quote by Wilfrid Laurier
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
Related quotes
Ottawa Changes, June 23rd,2011
If we scrapped the appointed Senate, would anyone know?
But their political appointees want to maintain the status quo,
They have good soft well paying jobs until they are nearly dead,
Or was that seventy five or eighty five - no one really read.
To listen to their news, it might be the end of the world.
Nothing like this has happened before since the flag was unfurled,
God might come down from heaven or the devil come up from hell,
Whose doing this – the prime minister or some drug cartel?
Because those of us outside of Ottawa would hardly know,
Not much concerned with distant Ottawa government overflow,
So the provinces might get a kick at the cat and all that,
Because Ottawa expects that the provinces should go to bat.
poem by James Bredin
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
Full Of Life, Now
FULL of life, now, compact, visible,
I, forty years old the Eighty-third Year of The States,
To one a century hence, or any number of centuries hence,
To you, yet unborn, these, seeking you.
When you read these, I, that was visible, am become invisible;
Now it is you, compact, visible, realizing my poems, seeking me;
Fancying how happy you were, if I could be with you, and become your
comrade;
Be it as if I were with you. (Be not too certain but I am now with
you.)
poem by Walt Whitman
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
0009 Railway Restaurant
The staff behind the bar
freely exchanging comments
in their language you don't understand
stare blatantly at you
as if you are a travelling zoo -
that's their perks; that and the odd
pick-up; why else should they work here?
The waiters
take the orders, lay the plates
with silent scorn, concealed disdain
- and, perhaps, a hint of compassion?
no, I think not.. how, they seem to wonder,
could any foreigner be so ignorant
as to eat here?
The drained ghosts of vegetables, and
would m'sieu like his meat
insulted lightly, heavily, or mediumly?
They long ago exhausted their pity.
Their compassion is reserved
for their fellow nationals -
they know that some strong reason
obliges them to eat here - perhaps
a funeral in the provinces. There's
the shadow of an implied shrug
as they lay the plates
with ancient formality,
take the redeeming order
for alcohol in which all sins are dissolved, forgiven
they're secret students of humanity;
they may discuss you and your strange behaviour
when they get home to a leisurely meal,
(a fine cut of meat beneath their jacket) :
dream of opening a small restaurant
somewhere in the provinces;
they'd miss you, though;
for anatomists,
friends are no substitute for strangers.
poem by Michael Shepherd
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
Nuptial Ode on Canada
Written during the visit of delegates from the Lower Provinces
to negotiate for confederation.
Hail Britannia's noblest daughter,
Who is surrounded by the water
Of many a lake and broad sea,
Land of Beaver and Maple Tree.
Her lofty brow is wreathed with smiles,
For, from the far Atlantic isles
In pomp, have come their delegates,
All seeking to unite their fates
With Canada, great Northern Queen.
And now, throughout the land, is seen
High festival and stately dance,
Triumphant nuptials to advance.
And soon shall Red River valley
And distant Vancouver, rally
To form this empire gigantic,
From Pacific to Atlantic.
poem by James McIntyre
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
The house of Austria has publicly used every effort to deprive the country of its legitimate Independence and Constitution, designing to reduce it to a level with the other provinces long since deprived of all freedom, and to unite all in a common sink of slavery.
quote by Lajos Kossuth
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
All Is Truth
O ME, man of slack faith so long!
Standing aloof--denying portions so long;
Only aware to-day of compact, all-diffused truth;
Discovering to-day there is no lie, or form of lie, and can be none,
but grows as inevitably upon itself as the truth does upon
itself,
Or as any law of the earth, or any natural production of the earth
does.
(This is curious, and may not be realized immediately--But it must be
realized;
I feel in myself that I represent falsehoods equally with the rest,
And that the universe does.)
Where has fail'd a perfect return, indifferent of lies or the truth?
Is it upon the ground, or in water or fire? or in the spirit of man?
or in the meat and blood? 10
Meditating among liars, and retreating sternly into myself, I see
that there are really no liars or lies after all,
And that nothing fails its perfect return--And that what are called
lies are perfect returns,
And that each thing exactly represents itself, and what has preceded
it,
And that the truth includes all, and is compact, just as much as
space is compact,
And that there is no flaw or vacuum in the amount of the truth--but
that all is truth without exception;
And henceforth I will go celebrate anything I see or am,
And sing and laugh, and deny nothing.
poem by Walt Whitman
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
Submit me,
Submit me,
Submit me that I may see this house,
I know that we are submitted to true love,
Even in my own thought,
World is submitted to this thought,
Submit me in my house,
I know my home is your house,
Even with this composure,
There is a right for all mankind not Ignored,
There is the joy of living worth than death,
Submit me that we may share this glory.
poem by Maxpoet Beauty
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on his own syllabic trapeze.
quote by Salvatore Quasimodo
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
My view was that the campaign had been a sacred thing, that it had been a real compact, because I was there and I saw the connection that Clinton made with people, and the connection that they made with him.
quote by Paul Begala
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
We are distressed by the unilateral actions of those provinces that are clearly determined to redefine what our common faith was once.
quote by Peter Akinola
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
Caught in my Compact
Terza Rima Sonnet
Caught in my Compact
Wade through the squalor, shaken and straining
Consciously, Head held high, anticipating
Storm breaks overhead and now ‘tis raining
Movement round me sluggish, on nerves, grating
Breathe deeply now, settling apprehension
Yet my heart is open, anticipating
Mind deliberates on my perception
Rain still gently falls and I absorb it
In this journey here from my conception
Glimpsing a bench, I walk over and sit
Sensations are strong, you come nearer
I close my eyes lean back, snooze for a bit
Open my compact, catch you in mirror
As you approach, your face getting clearer
poem by Nancy E Alcorn
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of its speedy termination.
quote by James Monroe
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces, and a sight of the distant country.
quote by Pierre Loti
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were almost unknown.
quote by Henry Walter Bates
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing to see it. I who had never been away from the monotonous country surrounding us looked forward eagerly to seeing the mountains.
quote by Pierre Loti
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.
quote by William Shakespeare
Submitted by Dan Costinaş
Vote! | Copy!
All Is Truth
it is a lie
i am not myself
i am all of nature
the air, water, grass
every thing in everything
i am not myself
how can i be myself
when if the air goes away
i too have to go away
proving that i am but a lie
i am but a cog in the wheel
it is a lie
i am not myself
i am all of nature
the water, the grass, the clouds
how could i be myself
when if the water runs its last drop
i too would too have to make that last pause from the world
those teachers who get me to think i am just
body and bones are liars
i am more than that
how could i be myself only
when if the sun says goodbye
i too have to say goodbye to all
call me anything buy myself
the sun, the moon, the air, water
will vouch for that
you liars
inspired by
All Is Truth
O ME, man of slack faith so long!
Standing aloof-denying portions so long;
Only aware to-day of compact, all-diffused truth;
Discovering to-day there is no lie, or form of lie, and can be none,
but grows as inevitably upon itself as the truth does upon
itself,
Or as any law of the earth, or any natural production of the earth
does.
(This is curious, and may not be realized immediately-But it must be
realized;
I feel in myself that I represent falsehoods equally with the rest,
And that the universe does.)
Where has fail'd a perfect return, indifferent of lies or the truth?
Is it upon the ground, or in water or fire? or in the spirit of man?
or in the meat and blood?
Meditating among liars, and retreating sternly into myself, I see
that there are really no liars or lies after all,
And that nothing fails its perfect return-And that what are called
lies are perfect returns,
And that each thing exactly represents itself, and what has preceded
it,
And that the truth includes all, and is compact, just as much as
space is compact,
And that there is no flaw or vacuum in the amount of the truth-but
that all is truth without exception;
And henceforth I will go celebrate anything I see or am,
And sing and laugh, and deny nothing.
Walt Whitman
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!
On behalf of the federal government, I wish now publicly to appeal to the provinces to lend their co-operation in furthering our country's war effort by effecting at as early a date as may be possible this much needed restriction.
quote by William Lyon Mackenzie King
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!