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I remember thinking that walking on the beach as a free man is pretty desirable.
Pierre Trudeau
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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
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Politician
Montreal
Quebec
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau
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I want to separate sin from crime. You may have to ask forgiveness for your sins from God, but not from the Minister of Justice. There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.
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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 a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state.
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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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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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My life is one long curve, full of turning points.
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Paddling a canoe is a source of enrichment and inner renewal.
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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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What shall we do about the Abortion Bill? A: Pay it!
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Let us overthrow the totems, break the taboos. Or better, let us consider them cancelled. Coldly, let us be intelligent.
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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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I do object to the sensationalism or even the voyeurism of doing things in church or out of church.
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Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them.
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Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.
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As against the invisible hand of Adam Smith, there has to be a visible hand of politicians whose objective is to have the kind of society that is caring and humane.
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Harvard was an extraordinary window on the world.
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The state has no place in the nation's bedrooms.
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Canada is seen to some as a confederation of shopping centres.
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I can see that in certain political situations you have to use force to overthrow police states.
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The new frontier lies not beyond the planets but within each one of us.
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