Will Ferguson Quotes

The great themes of Canadian history are as follows: Keeping the Americans out, keeping the French in, and trying to get the Natives to somehow disappear.

Will Ferguson

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• Americans
• Disappear
• French
• Canadian
• NAtives

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  Will Ferguson
  • Great
  • Americans
  • Disappear