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the official motto of the Province of Quebec literally means "I remember". The motto is displayed on Quebec’s coat of arms & on their vehicle license plates. Both the coat of arms and the motto were fashioned by the French Canadian architect Eugène-Étienne Taché during his career as the Assistant Commissioner for Crown Lands for Quebec. Although Taché did not explicitly explain the meaning of “ Je me souviens”, over time the slogan has taken a nationalist tint, and it is widely taken to mean "I remember my French history and heritage" or, even, "I remember what the English did to the French". There are various other interpretations. Here's an interesting article on the topic: http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/vol10/no8/alicensetoremember.html
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