I want my own country, not against Canada but for Quebec.

- Gilles Duceppe

Why would it be ridiculous that Quebec has an army?

- Gilles Duceppe

Everything bad about France was transferred to Quebec.

- Jacques Villeneuve

I have decided to end my participation in public affairs and to resign my role as premier of Quebec.

- Lucien Bouchard

I can't think of this country without Quebec. Je parle francais. And when I think about being a Canadian, speaking French is part of it.

- Michael Ignatieff

I keep wondering who defends Quebec identity: who defends sovereignty, the right of the people to express themselves freely.

- Marine Le Pen

The biggest risk to Quebec isn't sovereignty. It is staying in Canada.

- Pauline Marois

We do not want the Quebec nation to disappear.

- Pauline Marois

All of us in Quebec - and I mean all of us - have allowed language to become a preoccupation that works to the disadvantage of all of us - and I mean all of us.

- Richard Pound

Quebec does not have Opinions, but only sentiments.

- Wilfrid Laurier