Stephen Lucius Gwynn Quotes

I want to live in a Britain whose residents are determined to speak English.

A nation without a language is a nation without a heart.

It is asked of me that I give my first speech in this house in a language [English] other than my mother tongue [French.] …. Even if I knew English as intimately as I knew French, I would still give my first speech in the language of my French Canadian compatriots

Language, especially in this country is a daily plebiscite.

There is a pride in speaking this language.

The Sami, as an indigenous people, as well as the Roma and other groups, have the right to maintain and develop their own language and culture.

We will never have "a" Chicano English or Spanish because of regional differences. But I think that because of our bilingual history, we'll always be speaking a special kind of English and Spanish. What we do have to do is fight for the right to use those two languages in the way that it serves us.

You cannot have one or two million immigrants a year and still have English as the only official language of the country.

The basis of any independent government is a national language, and we can no longer continue aping our former colonizers ... those who feel they cannot do without English can as well pack up and go.

The Queen takes this occasion of repeating her hope that Gaelic will be taught in future in the Highland schools, as well as English, as it is really a great mistake that the people should be constantly talking a language which they often cannot read and generally not write. Being very partial to her loyal and good Highlanders, the Queen takes much interest in what she thinks will tend more than anything to keep up their simplicity of character, which she considers a great merit in these days. The Queen thinks equally that Welsh should be taught in Wales as well as English.

You can't be an American if you don't speak English. Our public schools should be mandated to teach all children in English.

Language is so important to the Irish, almost regardless of education.

Within a language, you have your roots, your culture, and I think and dream in Bassa. We have 260 languages in Cameroon, but the official ones are French and English.

A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.

My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen.

I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.

You know, even growing up going to school, I had teachers that were against bilingual teaching. I never understood that. My parents always had me speak Spanish first knowing I was going to speak English in school.

I grew up speaking both languages, and for me that's really important.

I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian.

English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

I am making sure, as the governor of a territory, that our kids speak fluent English. But having said that, I will tell my wife I love her in Spanish, and I will pray in Spanish, and no one from Washington should come down here and tell us how to go about it.

My biggest regret is that I didn't teach my two children how to speak Spanish.

Citizens of Canada of whom any child has received or is receiving primary or secondary school instruction in English or French in Canada, have the right to have all their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in the same language.

Insist on one language. English for all Americans.

English should be acknowledged once and for all as the official language of the United States.