If everything is very important, then nothing is important.

You can't stand up for Canada with a banana for a backbone.

President Bush is a friend of mine. He's not a moron at all.

Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.

Paddling a canoe is a source of enrichment and inner renewal.

I have an intensive hatred for discrimination based on colour.

Canada is seen to some as a confederation of shopping centres.

The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.

Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!

I feel very deeply for Canada, and l believe most Canadians do.

Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.

Canadians want to see real hope restored, not false hopes raised.

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

Canada is not a country for the cold of heart or the cold of feet.

The human mind naturally adapts itself to the position it occupies.

I'm disturbed because the doctors tell me I'm as sound as a dollar.

We Canadians are not given as a people to great patriotic displays.

If we are to preserve civilization, we must first remain civilized.

Workers in industry are the partners in war of the fighting forces.

I'm not going to play politics on the floor of the House of Commons.

It is wonderful to be despised, if, deep down, we know we are right.

I feel perhaps I didn't deal with the question of violence in depth.

If some countries have too much history, we have too much geography.

It is essential to view learning as a total community responsibility.

I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister.

I really think Canada should get over to Iraq as quickly as possible.

As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.

Every Canadian who wants to learn should have the opportunity to do so.

The new frontier lies not beyond the planets but within each one of us.

We are in the extreme centre, the radical middle. That is our position.

Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.

The attainment of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men.

But I accepted that because God gave me other qualities and I’m grateful.

Put simply, we must always remember that separate but equal is not equal.

In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.

Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude.

In my religion I really cannot think of cases where violence is justified.

I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist.

And look, I was a big, brassy guy who won and won big. I did what I wanted.

I've never believed in seeking perfection at the risk of losing everything.

The world has changed profoundly since our programs were first established.

Sometimes you must live in a violent world in order to get greater justice.

I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.

The Englishman respects your opinions, but he never thinks of your feelings.

In my political philosophy I think that there sometimes is room for violence.

I think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies.

It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.

You can't be chasing 15 rabbits. Otherwise, the public mind cannot follow you.

There can be no dedication to Canada's future without a knowledge of its past.

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