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Pierre Trudeau Quotes

Total quotes: 20
“The attainment of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Speech from the Throne, House of Commons
Tagged: Attainment, Society, Hope, civilization, Men
“I must say that "Give Peace a Chance" has always seemed to me to be sensible advice.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Part 2, 1968- 1974 Power And Responsibility
Tagged: Give, Peace, Chance, sensible, Advice
“I had been struck by the amateurism that reigned in the upper echelons of the federal government.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Part 2, 1968- 1974 Power And Responsibility
Tagged: struck, amateur, reign, echelon, federal, Government
“A society which emphasizes uniformity is one which creates intolerance and hate.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Speech to the Ukrainian- Canadian Congress, Winnipeg, Manitoba (9 October 1971)
Tagged: Society, Uniformity, Create, intolerance, Hate
“A country is something that is built every day out of certain basic shared values.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Part 5, Life After Politics
Tagged: country, built, Basic, share, Value
“I listened to my heart and saw if there were any signs of my destiny in the sky, and there were none, there were just snowflakes.”
— Pierre Trudeau, "walk in the snow" at a news conference announcing his resignation(29 February 1984)
Tagged: Listen, heart, saw, Signs, Destiny, Sky, none, Snowflakes
“Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Farewell speech to the Liberal Party(14 June 1984)
Tagged: Hope, high, Faith, People, Great, Courage, Strong, Dream, Beautiful, country, Die
“A man who tries to please all men by weakening his position or compromising his beliefs, in the end has neither position nor beliefs.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Pierre Elliott Trudeau for Canada 1968 Leaflet Bill Vander Zalm Liberal Party BC
Tagged: Man, Try, please, Weak, Position, Compromise, Beliefs
“Some things I never learned to like. I didn't like to kiss babies, though I didn't mind kissing their mothers.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Part 3, 1974- 1979 Victory And Defeat
Tagged: never, learn, kiss, Baby, mother
“I saw the charter as an expression of my long-held view that the subject of law must be the individual human being; the law must permit the individual to fulfil himself or herself to the utmost.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Part 4, 1979- 1984 "Welcome to the 1980's"
Tagged: charter, expression, View, subject, Law, Individual, human
“As against the "invisible hand" of Adam Smith, there has to be a visible hand of politicians whose objective is to have the kind of society that is caring and humane.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Part 3, 1974- 1979 Victory And Defeat
Tagged: Against, Invisible, hand, visible, politician, objective, Society, caring, Humane
“The community of man should be treated in the same way you would treat your community of brothers or fellow citizens.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Part 3, 1974- 1979 Victory And Defeat
Tagged: Community, Man, treat, Same, Brother, citizen
“The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Part 4, 1979- 1984 "Welcome to the 1980's"
Tagged: federal, Government, Balance, wheel, system, counterweights
“Let us overthrow the totems, break the taboos. Or better, let us consider them cancelled. Coldly, let us be intelligent.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Approaches to Politics(1970)
Tagged: overthrow, totem, Break, Taboo, intelligent
“If Canada is to survive, it can only survive in mutual respect and in love for one another.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Televised address(1976-11-24)
Tagged: Canada, survive, mutual, Respect, Love
“We peer so suspiciously at each other that we cannot see that we Canadians are standing on the mountaintop of human wealth, freedom and privilege.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Speech(13 December 1980)
Tagged: peer, suspicious, canadian, standing, mountain top, human, Wealth, Freedom, Privilege
“Paddling a canoe is a source of enrichment and inner renewal.”
— Pierre Trudeau, "Pierre Elliott Trudeau" profile in The Greatest Canadian at CBC
Tagged: Paddle, canoe, Source, enrichment, inner, Renewal
“People are more interested in ideas than dress.”
— Pierre Trudeau, "Pierre Elliott Trudeau" profile in The Greatest Canadian at CBC
Tagged: People, interested, idea, dress
“We aimed far and high, but we did not miss the mark.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Part 4, 1979- 1984 "Welcome to the 1980's"
Tagged: Aim, far, high, Miss, Mark
“The Jesuits were good educators, exceptional teachers.”
— Pierre Trudeau, Part 1, 1919- 1968 The Road to 24 Sussex Drive
Tagged: Jesuits, Good, educator, Exceptional, Teacher
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