Occupation: Former Prime Minister Of Canada Birth: October 18, 1919 Death: September 28, 2000
I will use all my strength to bring about a just society to a nation living in a tough world..
I know the usual answer of Christ using violence to get the sellers out of the temple, but to me this was impatience rather than violence..
The attainment of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men..
The next time you see Jesus Christ, ask Him what happened to the just society He promised 2,000 years ago..
I believe in life after death..
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….
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 c….
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 ….
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….
In my religion I really cannot think of cases where violence is justified..
In academic life you seek to state absolute truths; in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you..
Obviously, the state's responsibility should be to legislate rules for a well-ordered society. It has no right or duty to creep into the bedrooms of ….
In specific terms I don't think I could make any suggestions, but in general terms I believe that it is because Canadians have been under the good in….
We must now establish the basic principles, the basic values and beliefs which hold us together as Canadians so that beyond our regional loyalties th….
My life is one long curve, full of turning points..
Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen..
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..
Who is it that said that 'you have not converted a man because you have silenced him?' This is true of the use of the military on people..
Americans should never underestimate the constant pressure on Canada which the mere presence of the United States has produced. We're different peopl….
If Canada is to survive, it can only survive in mutual respect and in love for one another..
The politicians, who once stated that war was too complex to be left to the generals, now act as though peace were too complex to be left to themselv….