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Canada is one of the few places left where the small decencies are observed. If, as a young man, I was scornful of the country because we always seemed so far behind style-setting New York, I now thank God for the

Canada is one of the few places left where the small decencies are observed. If, as a young man, I was scornful of the country because we always seemed so far behind style-setting New York, I now thank God for the cultural lag. Ours, after all, is the good neighbourhood. A society well worth preserving.

Mordecai Richler
Country, New York, Men

Tomorrow country then, tomorrow country now.

Mordecai Richler
Country, Tomorrow
Mordecai Richler, Jonathan Webb, Aislin, Adam Gopnik (2007). “Mordecai Richler Was Here: Selected Writings”, Da Capo Press

So far as one can generalize, the most graciouis, cultivated, and innovative people in this country are French Canadians. Certainly they have given us the most exciting politicians of our time: Trudeau, Lévesque. Without them, Canada would be an exceedingly boring and greatly diminished place.

Mordecai Richler
Country, People, Would Be
Mordecai Richler (1992). “Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!: requiem for a divided country”, Alfred a Knopf Inc

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