22 ordspråk av Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Clarkson
[The fight for freedom was] a daunting task, ... but he did it like his comrades - without fanfare, without hesitation, with great pride and determination.
|
[They] stood out against the dignity, bravery and perseverance of our Canadian Forces, ... Smoky Smith . . . is no longer the enthusiastic and smiling presence among us, but his spirit carries on.
|
A society like Canada's, with its four centuries of give-and-take, compromise and acceptance, wrong-doing and redress, is basically a forgiving society.
|
At our best, we are in constant search of something beyond, of national dreams and destinies that we reach toward, together.
|
Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.
|
Every Remembrance Day he came for tea (and scotch!) and was a vivid reminder of our country's heroism,
|
I have felt the warmth of your society, the welcome given to anyone who comes to be with you, to share and to understand,
|
I really wanted to do this, just as Lord Stanley did,
|
I'm not turning my back on anything, I'm just leaving Ottawa,
|
It reflects an intense personal, as well as a national, gratitude for what Ukrainian Canadians have done for freedom in the country of origin of their ancestors and the example they helped set for the world,
|
Knowing better than anyone my own shortcomings, I undertake this task with humility and ask you all, as Canadians, to help me.
|
Like you, I look forward to a second Alberta century.
|
Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception, your artful piece of stone.
|
Sometimes we read or hear too much news that makes us fearful or suspicious of others. We can forget that most of the people that we know, or at least encounter regularly, are decent and friendly.
|
Stumbling through darkness and racing through light, we have persisted in the creation of a Canadian civilization.
|