Occupation: Former Prime Minister Of Canada Birth: October 18, 1919 Death: September 28, 2000
I think that as the guardian of justice elected by the people it's our duty to use whatever forms of force, police, army, to make sure that at least ….
Long live free France..
Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain..
The die is cast in Canada: there are two ethnic and linguistic groups; each is too strong and too deeply rooted in the past, too firmly bound to a mo….
People are more interested in ideas than dress..
I think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies..
The community of man should be treated in the same way you would treat your community of brothers or fellow citizens..
For my part...I am a realist but, somehow, optimism always keeps breaking out..
Society is responsible for its social organization, and if it can't provide the wherewithal for men to be gainfully employed then it should pay the p….
I feel perhaps I didn't deal with the question of violence in depth..
I think theoretically if a man is young and healthy society should not give him a basic income. He should not be given dole. He should not be eligibl….
Canadians should realise when they are well off under the Monarchy. For the vast majority of Canadians, being a Monarchy is probably the only form of….
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….
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 ….
As does every young man studying philosophy, I naturally asked myself questions about the truth of all this, and about the meaning of freedom, predes….
I don't believe you can contain ideas by military force..
The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights..
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 think all of us, politicians and churchmen, should do our utmost to change the society so that there would be no need for violence..
I remember thinking that walking on the beach as a free man is pretty desirable..
Le raison avant la passion - Reason over passion..