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A privilege may not be a right, but, under the constitution of the country, I do not gather that any broad distinction is drawn between the rights and the privileges that were enjoyed and that were taken away.

Charles Tupper

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Charles Tupper
Age: 94 †
Born: 1821
Born: July 2
Died: 1915
Died: October 30
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Former Prime Minister Of Canada
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Amherst
Nova Scotia
Sir Charles Tupper
1st Baronet
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It is admitted by everybody that rights and privileges enjoyed by the Roman Catholic minority in Manitoba down to 1890, were taken away by legislation of 1890.
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That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with say sense of justice would suggest.
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I do not see any reason why they should not be given the means to give their teachers just as high an education as is secured by attendance at the Protestant schools.
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The human mind naturally adapts itself to the position it occupies.
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The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
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It is idle to waste time and discuss whether it was within our power and duty to see whether we could prepare a Bill better than the Remedial Bill.
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