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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.
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
Journalist
Judge
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Montreal
Quebec
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau
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You know you have a lot of impatience with reality as you see it when you're a young man and full of dynamism and strength and ideals and so on.
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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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The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.
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In reality, though, the first thing to ask of history is that it should point out to us the paths of liberty. The great lesson to draw from revolutions is not that they devour humanity but rather that tyranny never fails to generate them.
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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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I feel perhaps I didn't deal with the question of violence in depth.
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Long live free France.
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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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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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Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen.
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I think it's good that you test the reality that surrounds you in your neighbourhood with the reality as it is in other parts of the world you come up with a better judgment. I'm not meaning that literally you can only do that and not go to school at all but in terms of enrichment of a personality I think it's a fabulous thing.
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The new frontier lies not beyond the planets but within each one of us.
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Harvard was an extraordinary window on the world.
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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 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 a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state.
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People are more interested in ideas than dress.
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I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist.
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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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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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