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I honestly don't know what they mean by a devout Catholic.

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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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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 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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I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist.
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I'm far from believing that we've solved the problem of violence in the 20th century and that's why I'm not discouraged that we still have the Biafras and the Northern Irelands and the East Pakistans and, for that matter, violence in American or Canadian cities.
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What shall we do about the Abortion Bill? A: Pay it!
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I think that the history of the past hundred years has shown us that, by and large, the one linguistic group to whom separatism is being preached is not moved by the arguments which are used.
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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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The politicians, who once stated that war was too complex to be left to the generals, now act as though peace were too complex to be left to themselves.
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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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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 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 do object to the sensationalism or even the voyeurism of doing things in church or out of church.
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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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I believe military force can be used to redress or change the balance of power in the world, but I think that that's always a losing operation if you're not trying to do it in a way which corresponds to the basic desires of the people on whom you are acting.
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When they are 50 yards from Parliament Hill, they are no longer honourable members, they are just nobodies.
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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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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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Let us overthrow the totems, break the taboos. Or better, let us consider them cancelled. Coldly, let us be intelligent.
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