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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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Pierre Trudeau
Age: 80 †
Born: 1919
Born: October 18
Died: 2000
Died: September 28
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Former Prime Minister Of Canada
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Montreal
Quebec
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau
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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 think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies.
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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 attainment of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men.
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I believe a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state.
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I remember thinking that walking on the beach as a free man is pretty desirable.
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I honestly don't know what they mean by a devout Catholic.
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My life is one long curve, full of turning points.
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People are more interested in ideas than dress.
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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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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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I don't see any easy way of disqualifying people on the basis that they decide not to work.
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I don't believe you can contain ideas by military force.
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Obviously, the state's responsibility should be to legislate rules for a well-ordered society. It has no right or duty to creep into the bedrooms of the nation.
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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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The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.
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We don't think every man should be free to pass on everything to his descendants.
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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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Bilingualism is not an imposition on the citizens. The citizens can go on speaking one language or six languages, or no languages if they so choose. Bilingualism is an imposition on the state and not the citizens.
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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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