Gilles Duceppe Quotations

Why is this government so insensitive to the concerns of the middle-class people?

If the speech stays like this, we're prepared to give the government a chance and vote for (the speech).

We don't know concretely what he is proposing.

If you develop a foreign policy the way we see it, then we'll have an army that will intervene mainly to secure democracy in some countries, participating in international forces, going when there's a natural catastrophe, either inside Quebec or outside Quebec,

Look at what has occurred in history. When the Berlin Wall fell, it was not surprising, but it was unexpected. Who predicted the Arab Spring? Nobody expected it, but all the ingredients were there. I think all the ingredients are also there for Quebec to become a country. But when? That's another question.

Why would it be ridiculous that Quebec has an army?

My father was an actor, and we have the most important theatre company in Montreal.

It's a falsehood to state that francophone communities are thriving.

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

I have never believed that things happen by themselves.