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The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies.
When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say We are going to have a summer shower.
Because of my political views, I've been targeted as a lightning rod, someone who's too far out there.
Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is.
Don't tell me what's in the Red Book. I wrote the goddamned thing. And I know that it's a lot of crap.
The fact is the statements are perfectly consistent, but more importantly, I don't have all the facts.
A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to.
The achievements we forge in this place and in our nation will not be those of one person or one party.
Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war.
We have to define and put into practice a better, more coherent and effective policy on income security.
The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.
He is ready, if the occasion presents itself, to throw the whole English population in the St. Lawrence.
Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen.
Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming.
Confederation is only yet in the gristle, and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone.
The next time you see Jesus Christ, ask Him what happened to the just society He promised 2,000 years ago.
I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.
When they are 50 yards from Parliament Hill, they are no longer honourable members, they are just nobodies.
There can be little doubt that absence from work, and inefficient work, are frequently due to intemperance.
I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation.
Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier.
There is nothing more nervous than a million dollars - it moves very fast, and it doesn't speak any language.
I was too busy doing my job and living my life to spend time keeping notes for some future volume of memoirs.
The increased consumption of alcoholic beverages in Canada since the outbreak of war is one evidence of this.
What is the difference between a cactus and a conservative caucus? On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside.
I was criticized for being too much concerned with the average Canadians. I can't help that; I am one of them!
If you never encounter anything in your community that offends you, then you are not living in a free society.
Some things I never learned to like. I didn't like to kiss babies, though I didn't mind kissing their mothers.
For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford.
I believe a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state.
How can there be peace without people understanding each other; and how can this be if they don't know each other?
You cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none.
Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.
I guess there were fewer differences between me and social psychologists than between me and other people in general
The community of man should be treated in the same way you would treat your community of brothers or fellow citizens.
The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights.
I have one love - Canada; one purpose - Canada's greatness; one aim - Canadian unity from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
In academic life you seek to state absolute truths; in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.
Let us overthrow the totems, break the taboos. Or better, let us consider them cancelled. Coldly, let us be intelligent.
For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion; while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business.
Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.
The churches must realize that when they take a position on a political event that they must accept the rules of the game.
Canadians know that our difficulties will not be resolved overnight. They are tired of politicians who pretend they will be.
Canada is our country. It belongs to us and we belong to it. Let us join together, in our time, and make history once again.
The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.
The most beautiful missionaries I saw were those who talked less about religion but who were very generous in their approach.
It's very clear that we are going to have 10 different [abortion] laws and that we are going to have these laws made by judges
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.
I think we have to realize that Canada is not immortal; but, if it is going to go, let it go with a bang rather than a whimper.
Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.