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The attainment of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men.
Pierre Trudeau
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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
Journalist
Judge
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Politician
Montreal
Quebec
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau
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I think all of us, politicians and churchmen, should do our utmost to change the society so that there would be no need for violence.
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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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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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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 most beautiful missionaries I saw were those who talked less about religion but who were very generous in their approach.
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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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I think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies.
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The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights.
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I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist.
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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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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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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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I've always lived in a democratic society.
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In my political philosophy I think that there sometimes is room for violence.
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We are in the extreme centre, the radical middle. That is our position.
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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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It is wonderful to be despised, if, deep down, we know we are right.
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You know you have a lot of impatience with reality as you see it when you're a young man and full of dynamism and strength and ideals and so on.
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We don't think every man should be free to pass on everything to his descendants.
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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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