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The state has no place in the nation's bedrooms.
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
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Montreal
Quebec
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau
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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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Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen.
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A country, after all, is not something you build as the pharaohs built the pyramids, and then leave standing there to defy eternity. A country is something that is built every day out of certain basic shared values.
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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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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 am peaceful but I am not a pacifist in the philosophical sense.
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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 past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.
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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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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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I don't see any easy way of disqualifying people on the basis that they decide not to work.
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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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We are in the extreme centre, the radical middle. That is our position.
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We don't think every man should be free to pass on everything to his descendants.
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Paddling a canoe is a source of enrichment and inner renewal.
Pierre Trudeau
The attainment of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men.
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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'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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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.
Pierre Trudeau
Power only tires those who don't exercise it.
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