"The cannonade of fireworks which marked the opening of Expo...may in retrospect turn out to have been one of those rare moments that changed the direction of a nation's history...This is the greatest thing we have ever done as a nation and surely the modernization of Canada -- of its skylines, of its styles, its institutions -- will be dated from this occasion and from this fair...The more you see of it, the more you're overwhelmed by a feeling that if this is possible, that if this little sub-arctic, self-obsessed country of 20,000,000 people can put on this kind of show, then it can do almost anything."

-- Syndicated journalist Peter C. Newman of the Toronto Star, April 28, 1967, opening day at Expo 67.

"Still, Expo is regarded as the best world's fair ever. Its success changed the world's view of Canada, and more importantly, it changed the way Canadians viewed themselves. For the first time the country basked in the pride and the glory of its talents and accomplishments. A nation had come of age."

-- CBC reporter Raj Ahluwalia, from his book: "We Interrupt This Program." Publisher Winding Stair Press, 2002.

"When the lights go out for the last time, when the crowds have left the pavilions and the avenues, a World Exhibition begins a new life. Less glittering but more profound, this new life is nourished in the souls of those who visited the Exhibition, and it will blossom into a legend for generations to come."

-- Pierre Dupuy, Commissioner General of Expo 67. Quoted from "Expo 67 Montreal Canada", the large memorial coffee table book. Publisher Toronto: Thomas Nelson, 1968.