Quote #18

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.

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  1. If I never read a business page, my admiration for him would be complete.
  2. Over the last 40 years, talking about Duplessis has become like talking about the devil himself.
  3. 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 …
  4. The period leaves no one indifferent. And that was our goal. We present the facts. It's up to the public to decide.
  5. I kiss his [the priest's] ring and he kisses my a***.
  6. Two weeks ago, I pointed out that the Provincial Government had the firm intention to take the most rigorous and efficient measures possibl…
  7. As long as I can keep the Jesuits scrapping with the Dominicans, I can get on with the business of the province.
  8. You know, elections are not won with prayers.

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