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What shall we do about the Abortion Bill? A: Pay it!

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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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I'm impatient not with the House of Commons as an institution, but with the way in which it is operated. This doesn't prove I don't believe in participatory democracy.
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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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Canadians should realise when they are well off under the Monarchy. For the vast majority of Canadians, being a Monarchy is probably the only form of government acceptable to them. I have always been for parliamentary democracy and I think the institution of Monarchy with the Queen heading it all has served Canada well.
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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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Well, I am trying to put Quebec in its place - and the place of Quebec is in Canada, nowhere else.
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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 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 think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies.
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Power only tires those who don't exercise it.
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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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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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My life is one long curve, full of turning points.
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The Canadian community must invest, for the defence and better appreciation of the French language, as much time, energy, and money as are required to prevent the country from breaking up
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