There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention.

- Robert Bourassa

I have always said that we did not expect a revolution in the streets.

- Robert Bourassa

A diplomat had been kidnapped, a cabinet minister had been kidnapped, they were under threats of murder. The police forces were rather tired. After a…

- Robert Bourassa

It is very difficult to know what may be in the back of the mind of public figures.

- Robert Bourassa

There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners.

- Robert Bourassa

We all have the means to be prosperous. We have to find the balance between our wealth and our needs

- Robert Bourassa

There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical.

- Robert Bourassa

English Canada must clearly understand that, whatever is said or done, Québec is, today and forever, a distinct society, that is free and able to ass…

- Robert Bourassa