Occupation: Former Prime Minister Of Canada Birth: October 18, 1919 Death: September 28, 2000
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 individua….
I can see that in certain political situations you have to use force to overthrow police states..
I'm sure in a few years it will be unthinkable to say there were 20 years when we didn't recognize the People's Republic of China. And then we'll hav….
There is no such thing as a model or ideal Canadian. What could be more absurd than the concept of an "all Canadian" boy or girl? A society which emp….
My life is one long curve, full of turning points..
I want to separate sin from crime. You may have to ask forgiveness for your sins from God, but not from the Minister of Justice. There's no place for….
Some things I never learned to like. I didn't like to kiss babies, though I didn't mind kissing their mothers..
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….
We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house we must be, but our house is the whole of Canada..
What shall we do about the Abortion Bill?" A: "Pay it!.
What is wonderful about a university like LSE is that you not only receive teaching of very high quality, you also learn where to find the knowledge ….
I don't see any easy way of disqualifying people on the basis that they decide not to work..
Power only tires those who don't exercise it..
Paddling a canoe is a source of enrichment and inner renewal..
We are in the extreme centre, the radical middle. That is our position..
I honestly don't know what they mean by a devout Catholic..
Canada is seen to some as a confederation of shopping centres..
When the religious principles, like the philosophical, are translated into reality, sometimes the reality forces violence on you, and there is no esc….
We don't think every man should be free to pass on everything to his descendants..
The Jesuits were good educators, exceptional teachers. In an era and in a society where freedom of speech was not held in high regard, of course, tha….
The essential ingredient of politics is timing..