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I was shaken to the extent that people who criticized me used to say that I was Protestant more than a Catholic because I like to impose constraints on myself, but I don't like them to be imposed from the outside.
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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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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Well, I am trying to put Quebec in its place - and the place of Quebec is in Canada, nowhere else.
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What shall we do about the Abortion Bill? A: Pay it!
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I honestly don't know what they mean by a devout Catholic.
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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 must say that Give Peace a Chance has always seemed to me to be sensible advice.
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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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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 believe a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state.
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I never actually got around to taping conversations with my guests, but there are a lot of things you can learn from a man like Nixon.
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I think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies.
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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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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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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 new frontier lies not beyond the planets but within each one of us.
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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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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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