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Former Prime Minister Of Canada Inspirational Quotes (241)

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The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
Charles Tupper
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I don't believe you can contain ideas by military force.
Pierre Trudeau
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There are nations that resist, voices that attempt to diminish the urgency or dismiss the science, or declare, either in word or indifference, that this is not our problem to solve. Well, let me tell you, it is our problem to solve... To the reticent nations, including the United States, I say this: There is such a thing as a global conscience.
Paul Martin
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Canada is our country. It belongs to us and we belong to it. Let us join together, in our time, and make history once again.
Paul Martin
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I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.
John Diefenbaker
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Today continuing poverty and distress are a deeper and more important cause of international tensions, of the conditions that can produce war, than previously.
Lester B. Pearson
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I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.
Brian Mulroney
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An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes.
Kim Campbell
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As to the first, I do not know that I have done very much myself to promote fraternity between nations but I do know that there can be no more important purpose for any man's activity or interests.
Lester B. Pearson
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Like all of us, there were many facets to Margaret Thatcher's personality. In private she was kind, thoughtful, charming. Very attentive to her interlocutors. She took time to be concerned - she knew all about my children and wife Mila and so on.
Brian Mulroney
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And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction.
Lester B. Pearson
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On the same day I was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada, I announced the most sweeping reform ever undertaken in the structure of our federal government.
Kim Campbell
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Whether we live together in confidence and cohesion with more faith and pride in ourselves and less self-doubt and hesitation strong in the conviction that the destiny of Canada is to unite, not divide sharing in cooperation, not in separation or in conflict respecting our past and welcoming our future.
Lester B. Pearson
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I believe in God, and I'm a Christian.
Pierre Trudeau
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I was criticized for being too much concerned with the average Canadians. I can't help that I am one of them!
John Diefenbaker
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Understanding the nature of conflict leads to peace.
Lester B. Pearson
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In my political philosophy I think that there sometimes is room for violence.
Pierre Trudeau
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I know Quebecers don't want to relive old battles they prefer to build for the future.
Kim Campbell
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We know now that in modern warfare, fought on any considerable scale, there can be no possible economic gain for any side. Win or lose, there is nothing but waste and destruction.
Lester B. Pearson
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I am quite prepared, if we can do it without any disrespect to the Crown of England, to bring our titles to the marketplace and make a bonfire of them.
Wilfrid Laurier
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It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it.
Wilfrid Laurier
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This country is made up of small towns and big dreams.
Brian Mulroney
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[When criticized for appearing bare-shouldered Madonna-like at a banquet:] A comparison between Madonna and me is a comparison between a strapless evening gown and a gownless evening strap.
Kim Campbell
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Harvard was an extraordinary window on the world.
Pierre Trudeau
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