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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 state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.
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The attainment of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men.
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I think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies.
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I honestly don't know what they mean by a devout Catholic.
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What is considered sinful in one of the great religions to which citizens belong isn't necessarily sinful in the others. Criminal law therefore cannot be based on the notion of sin it is crimes that it must define.
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In reality, though, the first thing to ask of history is that it should point out to us the paths of liberty. The great lesson to draw from revolutions is not that they devour humanity but rather that tyranny never fails to generate them.
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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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Well, I am trying to put Quebec in its place - and the place of Quebec is in Canada, nowhere else.
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Some things I never learned to like. I didn't like to kiss babies, though I didn't mind kissing their mothers.
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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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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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For my part...I am a realist but, somehow, optimism always keeps breaking out.
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I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist.
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Long live free France.
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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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We are in the extreme centre, the radical middle. That is our position.
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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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People are more interested in ideas than dress.
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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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We don't think every man should be free to pass on everything to his descendants.
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