There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy.
“I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.”
“I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation.”