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My life is one long curve, full of turning points.

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Pierre Trudeau
Age: 80 †
Born: 1919
Born: October 18
Died: 2000
Died: September 28
Diarist
Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Journalist
Judge
Lawyer
Memoirist
Politician
Montreal
Quebec
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau
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The next time you see Jesus Christ, ask Him what happened to the just society He promised 2,000 years ago.
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The politicians, who once stated that war was too complex to be left to the generals, now act as though peace were too complex to be left to themselves.
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I think that the history of the past hundred years has shown us that, by and large, the one linguistic group to whom separatism is being preached is not moved by the arguments which are used.
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I feel perhaps I didn't deal with the question of violence in depth.
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Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen.
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If I found in my own ranks that a certain number of guys wanted to cut my throat, I'd make sure that I cut their throats first.
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I believe that Canada cannot, indeed, that Canada must not survive by force. The country will only remain united - it should only remain united - if its citizens want to live together in one civil society.
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What shall we do about the Abortion Bill? A: Pay it!
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In my political philosophy I think that there sometimes is room for violence.
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I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist.
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It is wonderful to be despised, if, deep down, we know we are right.
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I think that as the guardian of justice elected by the people it's our duty to use whatever forms of force, police, army, to make sure that at least the freedom of choice is preserved.
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I do object to the sensationalism or even the voyeurism of doing things in church or out of church.
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Some things I never learned to like. I didn't like to kiss babies, though I didn't mind kissing their mothers.
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I never actually got around to taping conversations with my guests, but there are a lot of things you can learn from a man like Nixon.
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I believe military force can be used to redress or change the balance of power in the world, but I think that that's always a losing operation if you're not trying to do it in a way which corresponds to the basic desires of the people on whom you are acting.
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The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.
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I am peaceful but I am not a pacifist in the philosophical sense.
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If Canada is to survive, it can only survive in mutual respect and in love for one another.
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