George Eulas Foster

thumb|In these...troublesome days when the great Mother Empire stands splendidly isolated in Europe. Sir George Eulas Foster (September 3, 1847 – December 30, 1931) was a Canadian politician and academic. Quotes But he would read the signs of the times not aright in these somewhat troublesome days, when the great mother Empire stands splendidly isolated in Europe, with interests stretching over the wide world, with a commerce the greatest any nation of the world has ever possessed and vulnerable on every quarter of the sea, who did not feel as Britain feels to-day, and is showing it, that the country’s weal, the country's progress, the country's stability, all of the country's pride and glory must base itself upon the strong arms and willing, loyal hearts of the citizenship of that Empire from one end of it to the other. Speech as Minister of Finance in the Canadian House of Commons (January 16, 1896). Quoted in The National Review, no. 156 (February 1896) p. 724. Printed in Orations From Homer to William Mckinley, vol. 25 (New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1902) p. 10,635 External links Category:1847 births Category:1931 deaths Category:Members of the Parliament of Canada Category:Finance ministers Category:Academics from Canada