Bilingualism Quotes

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question....Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been...As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.

Bilingualism for the individual is fine, but not for a country.

Bilingualism is for me the fundamental problem of linguistics.

Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been...

Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.

Bilingualism is not an imposition on the citizens. The citizens can go on speaking one language or six languages, or no languages if they so choose. Bilingualism is an imposition on the state and not the citizens.

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question...

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.

Bilingualism opens doors and provides opportunity to our children so they can shine and become successful in a labor market that is increasingly competitive and globalized.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.