Patriotism, to be sure, is the vulgar notion that my country is the best country because I live in it, but it is surely time for Canadians to shake off their heritage, throw away the fluer de lis of Quebec and the Union Jack of the Loyalist East, and relish to the full honourable, unique, uncertain distinction of being, in invigoratingly various ways, Canadian.

Patriotism, to be sure, is the vulgar notion that my country is the best country because I live in it, but it is surely time for Canadians to shake off the constrictions of their heritage, throw away the fleur dis lis of Quebec and the Union Jack of the Loyalist East, and relish to the full the honorable, unique, uncertain distinction of being, in invigorating various ways, Canadian.