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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 community of man should be treated in the same way you would treat your community of brothers or fellow citizens.
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What shall we do about the Abortion Bill? A: Pay it!
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When they are 50 yards from Parliament Hill, they are no longer honourable members, they are just nobodies.
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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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I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat.
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We must now establish the basic principles, the basic values and beliefs which hold us together as Canadians so that beyond our regional loyalties there is a way of life and a system of values which make us proud of the country that has given us such freedom and such immeasurable joy.
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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, for one, will be convinced that the Canada we know and love will be gone forever. But, then, Thucydides wrote that Themistocles' greatness lay in the fact that he realized Athens was not immortal. I think we have to realize that Canada is not immortal but, if it is going to go, let it go with a bang rather than a whimper.
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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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The attainment of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men.
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There is no such thing as a model or ideal Canadian. What could be more absurd than the concept of an all Canadian boy or girl? A society which emphasizes uniformity is one which creates intolerance and hate.
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In academic life you seek to state absolute truths in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.
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I think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies.
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Canada is seen to some as a confederation of shopping centres.
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In my political philosophy I think that there sometimes is room for violence.
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The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.
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For my part...I am a realist but, somehow, optimism always keeps breaking out.
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The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.
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We are in the extreme centre, the radical middle. That is our position.
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The new frontier lies not beyond the planets but within each one of us.
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