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Canada is seen to some as a confederation of shopping centres.
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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
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Politician
Montreal
Quebec
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau
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We must now establish the basic principles, the basic values and beliefs which hold us together as Canadians so that beyond our regional loyalties there is a way of life and a system of values which make us proud of the country that has given us such freedom and such immeasurable joy.
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There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation. What's done in private between adults doesn't concern the Criminal Code.
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My life is one long curve, full of turning points.
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I've always lived in a democratic society.
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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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In academic life you seek to state absolute truths in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.
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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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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 honestly don't know what they mean by a devout Catholic.
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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 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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Power only tires those who don't exercise it.
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It is wonderful to be despised, if, deep down, we know we are right.
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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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The attainment of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men.
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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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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 don't see any easy way of disqualifying people on the basis that they decide not to work.
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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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Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen.
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