Occupation: Former Prime Minister Of Canada Birth: October 18, 1919 Death: September 28, 2000
The next time you see Jesus Christ, ask Him what happened to the just society He promised 2,000 years ago..
There are a lot of bleeding hearts around who just dont like to see people with helmets and guns. All I can say is go and bleed It is more important ….
Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet..
I'm impatient not with the House of Commons as an institution, but with the way in which it is operated. This doesn't prove I don't believe in partic….
The state has an active role to play in ensuring that there is equilibrium between the constituent parts of the economy, the consumers and the produc….
I'm sometimes impatient with young people who demonstrate at my meetings and who don't want an argument, but who just want to go on television as hav….
I recognize that in some cases it's more important to have freedom and justice than to have peace..
Americans should never underestimate the constant pressure on Canada which the mere presence of the United States has produced. We're different peopl….
For my part...I am a realist but, somehow, optimism always keeps breaking out..
The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights..
I walked until midnight in the storm, then I went home and took a sauna for an hour and a half. It was all clear. I listened to my heart and saw if t….
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..
Liberalism is the philosophy for our time, because it does not try to conserve every tradition of the past, because it does not apply to new problems….
I, for one, will be convinced that the Canada we know and love will be gone forever. But, then, Thucydides wrote that Themistocles' greatness lay in ….
Harvard was an extraordinary window on the world..
I feel very deeply for Canada, and l believe most Canadians do..
The Canadian community must invest, for the defence and better appreciation of the French language, as much time, energy, and money as are required….
I'm far from believing that we've solved the problem of violence in the 20th century and that's why I'm not discouraged that we still have the Biafra….
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..
I just think you Westerners should take over this country if you are so smart..
Long live free France..