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It seems to me it would be pretty awful if Canadians came to choose political leaders not for their political ideas and actions, but because of their adherence or their devotedness to one faith or another.

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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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I am peaceful but I am not a pacifist in the philosophical sense.
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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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