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I've always lived in a democratic society.

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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
Democratic
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Society
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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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Harvard was an extraordinary window on the world.
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I remember thinking that walking on the beach as a free man is pretty desirable.
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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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I must say that Give Peace a Chance has always seemed to me to be sensible advice.
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I am peaceful but I am not a pacifist in the philosophical sense.
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We don't think every man should be free to pass on everything to his descendants.
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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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Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen.
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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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Let us overthrow the totems, break the taboos. Or better, let us consider them cancelled. Coldly, let us be intelligent.
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I don't believe you can contain ideas by military force.
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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 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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Paddling a canoe is a source of enrichment and inner renewal.
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My life is one long curve, full of turning points.
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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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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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There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation. What's done in private between adults doesn't concern the Criminal Code.
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