Francis Reginald Scott Quotes

• The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.

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• Newspapers are born free and everywhere are in chains.

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• I have sat by night beside a cold lake And touched things smoother than moonlight on still water, But the moon on this cloud sea is not human, And here is no shore, no intimacy, Only the start of space, the road to suns.

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• I was brought in touch with developing post World War I ideas in Europe.

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• Oxford also taught me something else – it taught me scepticism.

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• I think it’s perhaps fair to say we’ve been one of the most influential Royal Commissions this country ever had and there’s nothing we have said that isn’t relevant to the present situation.

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• I have three degrees in history and only one in law, but since I came back to specialize in constitutional law where history is so essentially a part and an explanation of much that exists, the two disciplines blended very well.

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Birth:	1st August, 1899
Death:	30th January, 1985
Nationality:	Canadian
Profession:	Poet, Professor

About

Francis Reginald Scott, known as Frank Scott or F. R. Scott was born in Quebec City, Canada. He was a Canadian poet, professor of constitutional law, founding member of the socialist movement in Canada. He won the Molson Prize in 1965. He won the 1977 Governor General's Award for non-fiction for his Essays on the Constitution and the 1981 Governor General's Award for poetry for his Collected Poems. He studied law at McGill University, eventually joining the law faculty as a professor.

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