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Richard Wagner

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Richard Wagner born April 2, 1957) is a Canadian jurist serving as the 18th and current Chief Justice of Canada since 2017. He previously served as a puisne justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal (2011–2012) and of the Supreme Court of Canada (2012–2017). For several months in 2021, following Julie Payette's resignation as Canada's governor general, Wagner was the administrator of the government of Canada as well as chief justice. Early life Wagner was born in Montreal, Quebec to a French Canadian Catholic family as the son of Gisèle (née Normandeau) and Claude Wagner, a former member of Parliament and senator. He studied at the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montreal before receiving a bachelor of social science degree in political science from the University of Ottawa in 1978. He received his Licentiate in Law (LL.L.) – a Quebec Civil Law equivalent of the Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) – from the same institution in 1979. Career Private practice and early judicial career In 1980, Wagner was called to the Quebec Bar, and began practice at the Montreal law firm Lavery, de Billy (formerly Lavery, O'Brien and Lavery, Johnston, Clark, Carrière, Mason & Associés). His practice centred on real estate, commercial litigation and professional liability insurance.

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“"I believe in God; and Mozart, and Beethoven as his only sons."”
— Last words of the hero in "The Life's End of a German Musician in Paris" (1840), a short story written for the Gazette Musicale, as quoted in Autobiographical Sketch (1843)
“The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.”
— Opera and Drama (1851)
“I am writing Parsifal only for my wife — if I had to depend on the German spirit, I should have nothing more to say.”
— 2 December 1877
“Oh, I hate the thought of all those costumes and grease paint! When I think that characters like Kundry will now have to be dressed up, those dreadful artists' balls immediately spring into my mind. Having created the invisible orchestra, I now feel like inventing the invisible theatre!”
— 23 September 1878
“"Der durch Verträge ich Herr, den Verträgen bin ich nun Knecht."”
— "I, who rule by means of contracts, am now slave to my contracts."
“"Hier hilft kein Kluger, das seh’ ich klar: hier hilft dem Dummen die Dummheit allein!"”
— "No clever person can help here; I see that clearly. Here, only stupidity can help the stupid one!"

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Richard Wagner: German composer (1813–1883) · German-Romanian writer (1952–2023)

Notable quotes

“"I believe in God; and Mozart, and Beethoven as his only sons."”
— Last words of the hero in "The Life's End of a German Musician in Paris" (1840), a short story written for the Gazette Musicale, as quoted in Autobiographical Sketch (1843)
“The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.”
— Opera and Drama (1851)
“I am writing Parsifal only for my wife — if I had to depend on the German spirit, I should have nothing more to say.”
— 2 December 1877
“Oh, I hate the thought of all those costumes and grease paint! When I think that characters like Kundry will now have to be dressed up, those dreadful artists' balls immediately spring into my mind. Having created the invisible orchestra, I now feel like inventing the invisible theatre!”
— 23 September 1878
“"Der durch Verträge ich Herr, den Verträgen bin ich nun Knecht."”
— "I, who rule by means of contracts, am now slave to my contracts."
“"Hier hilft kein Kluger, das seh’ ich klar: hier hilft dem Dummen die Dummheit allein!"”
— "No clever person can help here; I see that clearly. Here, only stupidity can help the stupid one!"

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Richard Wagner born April 2, 1957) is a Canadian jurist serving as the 18th and current Chief Justice of Canada since 2017. He previously served as a puisne justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal (2011–2012) and of the Supreme Court of Canada (2012–2017). For several months in 2021, following Julie Payette's resignation as Canada's governor general, Wagner was the administrator of the government of Canada as well as chief justice. Early life Wagner was born in Montreal, Quebec to a French Canadian Catholic family as the son of Gisèle (née Normandeau) and Claude Wagner, a former member of Parliament and senator. He studied at the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montreal before receiving a bachelor of social science degree in political science from the University of Ottawa in 1978. He received his Licentiate in Law (LL.L.) – a Quebec Civil Law equivalent of the Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) – from the same institution in 1979. Career Private practice and early judicial career In 1980, Wagner was called to the Quebec Bar, and began practice at the Montreal law firm Lavery, de Billy (formerly Lavery, O'Brien and Lavery, Johnston, Clark, Carrière, Mason & Associés). His practice centred on real estate, commercial litigation and professional liability insurance.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).